Mozilla Firefox up to 50 Web Animation use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 50. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Animation Handler. Performing a manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-5379. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 50 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code block of the component Web Animation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Web Animations when interacting with cycle collection found through fuzzing. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2017. The weakness was presented 01/24/2017 by Muneaki Nishimura (Alex) as MFSA 2017-01 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5379 since 01/13/2017. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97047 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : firefox regression (USN-3175-2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196675 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-3175-1)).

Upgrading to version 51 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 (97047), SecurityFocus (BID 95763†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037693†). See VDB-96001, VDB-96002, VDB-96004 and VDB-96005 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 97047
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : firefox regression (USN-3175-2)
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2017-01_2017-02)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 51

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2017-01
Researcher: Muneaki Nishimura (Alex)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5379 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5379
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96003

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SecurityFocus: 95763 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5379 - Mozilla - Firefox - Use-After-Free Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037693

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/26/2017 15:17
Updated: 08/02/2020 11:42
Changes: 01/26/2017 15:17 (82), 08/02/2020 11:42 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:772:103

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