Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0 onreadystatechange memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is the function onreadystatechange. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1690. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is the function onreadystatechange. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers an attempt to execute data at an unmapped memory location.

The weakness was shared 06/25/2013 by Nils as MFSA 2013-53 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-1690 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit and been published 2 months after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at pastebin.mozilla.org. It is declared as attacked. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66996 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0981)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121294 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0981)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 03/28/2022 with a due date of 04/18/2022:

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Upgrading to version 22.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13290.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (27429), Tenable (66996), SecurityFocus (BID 60778†), OSVDB (94584†) and Secunia (SA53953†). The entries VDB-9281, VDB-9283, VDB-9286 and VDB-9287 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
Author: Metasploit
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Nessus ID: 66996
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0981)
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OpenVAS ID: 892716
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2716-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Saint ID: exploit_info/firefox_onreadystatechange_use_after_free
Saint Name: Mozilla Firefox onreadystatechange Event Use After Free

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MetaSploit ID: mozilla_firefox_onreadystatechange.rb
MetaSploit Name: Firefox onreadystatechange Event DocumentViewerImpl Use After Free
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 22.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-53
Researcher: Nils
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1690 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1690
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9289

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SecurityFocus: 60778 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2013-1690 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 53953 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 94584
Vulnerability Center: 40193 - Mozilla Firefox Before 22.0, Thunderbird 17.0.0 -17.0.6 Remote DoS via OnReadyStateChange and Reload (CVE-2013-1690), High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2013 12:39
Updated: 09/09/2024 22:29
Changes: 06/27/2013 12:39 (103), 01/31/2018 09:54 (6), 05/17/2021 13:33 (2), 04/24/2024 18:38 (23), 07/09/2024 21:26 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1)
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