Mozilla Firefox up to 48 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 48. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-5257. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 48 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 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 shared 09/22/2016 as MFSA2016-85 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5257. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94043 (SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:2513-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236094 (Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2016:1912)).

Upgrading to version 49.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94043) and SecurityFocus (BID 93049†). The entries VDB-90438, VDB-90447, VDB-91866 and VDB-91868 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: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 94043
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:2513-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 831034
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates( mfsa_2016-85_2016-86 )-MAC OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 49.0

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09/22/2016 +111 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2016-85
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-5257 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5257
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91869

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SecurityFocus: 93049
SecurityTracker: 1036852

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2016 09:23
Updated: 09/20/2022 07:00
Changes: 09/23/2016 09:23 (41), 01/31/2018 09:56 (21), 09/20/2022 06:34 (3), 09/20/2022 06:47 (11), 09/20/2022 07:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:9A0:103

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