Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0 GetRootElement resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0. This impacts the function nsIDocument::GetRootElement. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-1685. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function nsIDocument::GetRootElement. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsIDocument::GetRootElement function in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

The weakness was presented 06/25/2013 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as MFSA 2013-50 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1685 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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)).

Upgrading to version 22.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (66996), SecurityFocus (BID 60762†), OSVDB (94588†), Secunia (SA53953†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40189†). See VDB-9281, VDB-9282, VDB-9283 and VDB-9284 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 22.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-50
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-1685 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1685
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9293

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SecurityFocus: 60762 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird MFSA 2013-49 through -62 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 53953 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 94588
Vulnerability Center: 40189 - Mozilla Firefox Before 22.0, Thunderbird 17.0.0 -17.0.6 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Heap-use-after-free in GetRootElement (CVE-2013-1685), High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2013 12:43
Updated: 05/17/2021 13:49
Changes: 06/27/2013 12:43 (87), 01/31/2018 09:54 (3), 05/17/2021 13:49 (3)
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