Mozilla Firefox up to 46 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox up to 46. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Browser Engine. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-2818. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 46 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 06/13/2016 by Jordi Chancel with Mozilla Developers (Website). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2818 since 03/01/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91546 (Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196493 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-2993-1)).

Upgrading to version 47.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91546) and SecurityFocus (BID 91075†). Similar entries are available at VDB-87889, VDB-87891, VDB-87892 and VDB-87893. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 91546
Nessus Name: Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 855205
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Esr Security Updates( mfsa_2016-49_2016-61 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 47.0

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06/07/2016 +98 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1217
Researcher: Jordi Chancel
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2818 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2818
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87890

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SecurityFocus: 91075 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036057

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/14/2016 09:10
Updated: 10/23/2024 03:55
Changes: 06/14/2016 09:10 (73), 01/19/2019 14:46 (8), 08/23/2022 13:17 (5), 10/23/2024 03:55 (26)
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Cache ID: 216:4A7:103

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