Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-1669 - Memory Corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_FIREFOX-20130628-130702.NASL description Mozilla Firefox has been updated to the 17.0.7 ESR version, which fixes bugs and security fixes. - Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances, and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. (MFSA 2013-49) Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, and Andrew McCreight reported memory safety problems and crashes that affect Firefox ESR 17, and Firefox 21. (CVE-2013-1682) - Security researcher Abhishek Arya (Inferno) of the Google Chrome Security Team used the Address Sanitizer tool to discover a series of use-after-free problems rated critical as security issues in shipped software. Some of these issues are potentially exploitable, allowing for remote code execution. We would also like to thank Abhishek for reporting additional use-after-free and buffer overflow flaws in code introduced during Firefox development. These were fixed before general release. (MFSA 2013-50) - Heap-use-after-free in mozilla::dom::HTMLMediaElement::LookupMediaElementURITab le. (CVE-2013-1684) - Heap-use-after-free in nsIDocument::GetRootElement. (CVE-2013-1685) - Heap-use-after-free in mozilla::ResetDir. (CVE-2013-1686) - Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski reported that it is possible to compile a user-defined function in the XBL scope of a specific element and then trigger an event within this scope to run code. In some circumstances, when this code is run, it can access content protected by System Only Wrappers (SOW) and chrome-privileged pages. This could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. Additionally, Chrome Object Wrappers (COW) can be bypassed by web content to access privileged methods, leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack from privileged pages. (MFSA 2013-51 / CVE-2013-1687) - Security researcher Nils reported that specially crafted web content using the onreadystatechange event and reloading of pages could sometimes cause a crash when unmapped memory is executed. This crash is potentially exploitable. (MFSA 2013-53 / CVE-2013-1690) - Security researcher Johnathan Kuskos reported that Firefox is sending data in the body of XMLHttpRequest (XHR) HEAD requests, which goes against the XHR specification. This can potentially be used for Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks against sites which do not distinguish between HEAD and POST requests. (MFSA 2013-54 / CVE-2013-1692) - Security researcher Paul Stone of Context Information Security discovered that timing differences in the processing of SVG format images with filters could allow for pixel values to be read. This could potentially allow for text values to be read across domains, leading to information disclosure. (MFSA 2013-55 / CVE-2013-1693) - Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that XrayWrappers can be bypassed to call content-defined toString and valueOf methods through DefaultValue. This can lead to unexpected behavior when privileged code acts on the incorrect values. (MFSA 2013-59 / CVE-2013-1697) - Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances, and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. (MFSA 2013-30) Olli Pettay, Jesse Ruderman, Boris Zbarsky, Christian Holler, Milan Sreckovic, and Joe Drew reported memory safety problems and crashes that affect Firefox ESR 17, and Firefox 19. (CVE-2013-0788) - Security researcher Abhishek Arya (Inferno) of the Google Chrome Security Team used the Address Sanitizer tool to discover an out-of-bounds write in Cairo graphics library. When certain values are passed to it during rendering, Cairo attempts to use negative boundaries or sizes for boxes, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in some instances. (MFSA 2013-31 / CVE-2013-0800) - Security researcher Frederic Hoguin discovered that the Mozilla Maintenance Service on Windows was vulnerable to a buffer overflow. This system is used to update software without invoking the User Account Control (UAC) prompt. The Mozilla Maintenance Service is configured to allow unprivileged users to start it with arbitrary arguments. By manipulating the data passed in these arguments, an attacker can execute arbitrary code with the system privileges used by the service. This issue requires local file system access to be exploitable. (MFSA 2013-32 / CVE-2013-0799) - Security researcher Ash reported an issue with the Mozilla Updater. The Mozilla Updater can be made to load a malicious local DLL file in a privileged context through either the Mozilla Maintenance Service or independently on systems that do not use the service. This occurs when the DLL file is placed in a specific location on the local system before the Mozilla Updater is run. Local file system access is necessary in order for this issue to be exploitable. (MFSA 2013-34 / CVE-2013-0797) - Security researcher miaubiz used the Address Sanitizer tool to discover a crash in WebGL rendering when memory is freed that has not previously been allocated. This issue only affects Linux users who have Intel Mesa graphics drivers. The resulting crash could be potentially exploitable. (MFSA 2013-35 / CVE-2013-0796) - Security researcher Cody Crews reported a mechanism to use the cloneNode method to bypass System Only Wrappers (SOW) and clone a protected node. This allows violation of the browser last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-07-18 plugin id 68949 published 2013-07-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68949 title SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Number 8001) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1822-1.NASL description Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1669) Cody Crews discovered that some constructors could be used to bypass restrictions enforced by their Chrome Object Wrapper (COW). An attacker could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-1670) It was discovered that the file input element could expose the full local path under certain conditions. An attacker could potentially exploit this to steal sensitive information. (CVE-2013-1671) A use-after-free was discovered when resizing video content whilst it is playing. An attacker could potentially exploit this to execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-1674) It was discovered that some DOMSVGZoomEvent functions could be used without being properly initialized, which could lead to information leakage. (CVE-2013-1675) Abhishek Arya discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-1676, CVE-2013-1677, CVE-2013-1678, CVE-2013-1679, CVE-2013-1680, CVE-2013-1681). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66442 published 2013-05-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66442 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1822-1) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_FIREFOX_21.NASL description The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 21.0 and is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Various memory safety issues exist. (CVE-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1669) - It is possible to call a content level constructor that allows for the constructor to have chrome privileged access. (CVE-2013-1670) - An information leakage exists because the file input control has access to the full path. (CVE-2013-1671) - A local privilege escalation issues exists in the Mozilla Maintenance Service. (CVE-2013-1672) - The Mozilla Maintenance Service on Windows is vulnerable to a previously fixed privilege escalation attack. Note that new installations of Firefox after version 12 are not affected by this issue. (CVE-2013-1673, CVE-2012-1942) - A use-after-free vulnerability exists when resizing video while playing. (CVE-2013-1674) - Some last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66476 published 2013-05-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66476 title Firefox < 21.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_21.NASL description The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 21.0 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Various memory safety issues exist. (CVE-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1669) - It is possible to call a content level constructor that allows for the constructor to have chrome privileged access. (CVE-2013-1670) - An information leakage exists because the file input control has access to the full path. (CVE-2013-1671) - A local privilege escalation issues exists in the Mozilla Maintenance Service. (CVE-2013-1672) - The Mozilla Maintenance Service on Windows is vulnerable to a previously fixed privilege escalation attack. Note that new installations of Firefox after version 12 are not affected by this issue. (CVE-2013-1673, CVE-2012-1942) - A use-after-free vulnerability exists when resizing video while playing. (CVE-2013-1674) - Some last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66480 published 2013-05-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66480 title Firefox < 21.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_4A1CA8A4BD8211E2B7A0D43D7E0C7C02.NASL description The Mozilla Project reports : MFSA 2013-41 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:21.0 / rv:17.0.6) MFSA 2013-42 Privileged access for content level constructor MFSA 2013-43 File input control has access to full path MFSA 2013-44 Local privilege escalation through Mozilla Maintenance Service MFSA 2013-45 Mozilla Updater fails to update some Windows Registry entries MFSA 2013-46 Use-after-free with video and onresize event MFSA 2013-47 Uninitialized functions in DOMSVGZoomEvent MFSA 2013-48 Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66455 published 2013-05-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66455 title FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (4a1ca8a4-bd82-11e2-b7a0-d43d7e0c7c02) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2013-448.NASL description Mozilla xulrunner was updated to 17.0.6esr (bnc#819204) - MFSA 2013-41/CVE-2013-0801/CVE-2013-1669 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2013-42/CVE-2013-1670 (bmo#853709) Privileged access for content level constructor - MFSA 2013-46/CVE-2013-1674 (bmo#860971) Use-after-free with video and onresize event - MFSA 2013-47/CVE-2013-1675 (bmo#866825) Uninitialized functions in DOMSVGZoomEvent - MFSA 2013-48/CVE-2013-1676/CVE-2013-1677/CVE-2013-1678/ CVE-2013-1679/CVE-2013-1680/CVE-2013-1681 Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-06-13 plugin id 75014 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75014 title openSUSE Security Update : xulrunner (openSUSE-SU-2013:0929-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2013-447.NASL description MozillaThunderbird was updated to security update Thunderbird 17.0.6 (bnc#819204) : - MFSA 2013-41/CVE-2013-0801/CVE-2013-1669 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2013-42/CVE-2013-1670 (bmo#853709) Privileged access for content level constructor - MFSA 2013-46/CVE-2013-1674 (bmo#860971) Use-after-free with video and onresize event - MFSA 2013-47/CVE-2013-1675 (bmo#866825) Uninitialized functions in DOMSVGZoomEvent - MFSA 2013-48/CVE-2013-1676/CVE-2013-1677/CVE-2013-1678/ CVE-2013-1679/CVE-2013-1680/CVE-2013-1681 Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-06-13 plugin id 75013 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75013 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2013:0894-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2013-438.NASL description MozillaFirefox was updated to Firefox 21.0 (bnc#819204) - MFSA 2013-41/CVE-2013-0801/CVE-2013-1669 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2013-42/CVE-2013-1670 (bmo#853709) Privileged access for content level constructor - MFSA 2013-43/CVE-2013-1671 (bmo#842255) File input control has access to full path - MFSA 2013-46/CVE-2013-1674 (bmo#860971) Use-after-free with video and onresize event - MFSA 2013-47/CVE-2013-1675 (bmo#866825) Uninitialized functions in DOMSVGZoomEvent - MFSA 2013-48/CVE-2013-1676/CVE-2013-1677/CVE-2013-1678/ CVE-2013-1679/CVE-2013-1680/CVE-2013-1681 Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer Changes in MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE : - modified file locations for Firefox 21 and above - added DuckDuckGo as search option (bnc#801121) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-06-13 plugin id 75009 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75009 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2013:0946-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1823-1.NASL description Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1669) Cody Crews discovered that some constructors could be used to bypass restrictions enforced by their Chrome Object Wrapper (COW). If a user had scripting enabled, an attacker could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-1670) A use-after-free was discovered when resizing video content whilst it is playing. If a user had scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-1674) It was discovered that some DOMSVGZoomEvent functions could be used without being properly initialized, which could lead to information leakage. (CVE-2013-1675) Abhishek Arya discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-1676, CVE-2013-1677, CVE-2013-1678, CVE-2013-1679, CVE-2013-1680, CVE-2013-1681). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66443 published 2013-05-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66443 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-1823-1)
Oval
| accepted | 2014-10-06T04:01:55.619-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||
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| description | Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. | ||||||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16493 | ||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2013-05-13T10:26:26.748+04:00 | ||||||||||||||||
| title | Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. | ||||||||||||||||
| version | 23 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-41.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59870
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791432
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803228
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- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=819775
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=821479
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=821850
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822910
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=826104
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=826392
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=826588
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=834526
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=837007
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=837324
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- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=855236
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865948
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16493