Mozilla Firefox up to 20.0.1 IPC Channel resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 20.0.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IPC Channel Handler. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2013-1674. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 20.0.1 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component IPC Channel Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an onresize event during the playing of a video.

The weakness was shared 05/23/2013 by Nils as 53540 as not defined advisory (Secunia). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-1674 since 02/13/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66429 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2013:0820)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121179 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0820)).

Upgrading to version 21.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (66429), SecurityFocus (BID 59859†), OSVDB (94083†) and Secunia (SA53540†). The entries VDB-8753, VDB-8754, VDB-8755 and VDB-8758 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 66429
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2013:0820)
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OpenVAS ID: 892699
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2699-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 21.0

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05/06/2018 +1790 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: 53540⛔
Researcher: Nils
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-1674 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1674
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9069

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SecurityFocus: 59859 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2013-1674 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 53540 - Pale Moon Multiple Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 94083

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2013 16:29
Updated: 05/06/2018 11:31
Changes: 06/11/2013 16:29 (70), 05/06/2018 11:31 (11)
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