Mozilla Firefox up to 51.x Bidirectional Layout Operation memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 51.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Bidirectional Layout Operation Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5413. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 51.x (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Bidirectional Layout Operation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A segmentation fault can occur during some bidirectional layout operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

The bug was discovered 03/07/2017. The weakness was shared 03/07/2017 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Alex) as MFSA 2017-05 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-5413 since 01/13/2017. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97639 (Mozilla Firefox < 52.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370325 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2017-05,MFSA2017-06)).

Upgrading to version 52 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 (97639), SecurityFocus (BID 96692†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037966†). The entries VDB-97756, VDB-97757, VDB-97758 and VDB-97759 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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Nessus ID: 97639
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox < 52.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2017-05_2017-07)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 52

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2017-05
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Alex)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5413 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5413
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97769

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SecurityFocus: 96692 - Mozilla Firefox MFSA 2017-05 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5413 - Mozilla - Firefox - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037966

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2017 08:14
Updated: 08/18/2020 14:23
Changes: 03/10/2017 08:14 (89), 08/18/2020 14:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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