Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-0811 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.4 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
mozilla
opensuse
canonical
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

The QCMS implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an image that is improperly handled during transformation.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mozilla
268
OS
Opensuse
2
OS
Canonical
3

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idMOZILLA_FIREFOX_37_0.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 37.0. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists which relates to anchor navigation. A remote attacker can exploit this to bypass same-origin policy protections, allowing a possible execution of arbitrary scripts in a privileged context. Note that this is a variant of CVE-2015-0818 that was fixed in Firefox 36.0.4. (CVE-2015-0801) - Access to certain privileged internal methods is retained when navigating from windows created to contain privileged UI content to unprivileged pages. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript with elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-0802) - Multiple type confusion issues exist that can lead to use-after-free errors, which a remote attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0803, CVE-2015-0804) - Multiple memory corruption issues exist related to Off Main Thread Compositing when rendering 2D graphics, which a remote attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0805, CVE-2015-0806) - A cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerability exists in the sendBeacon() function due to cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests following 30x redirections. (CVE-2015-0807) - An issue exists in WebRTC related to memory management for simple-style arrays, which may be used by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0808) - An out-of-bounds read issue exists in the QCMS color management library that could lead to an information disclosure. (CVE-2015-0811) - An issue exists that can allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to bypass user-confirmation and install a Firefox lightweight theme by spoofing a Mozilla sub-domain. (CVE-2015-0812) - Multiple memory safety issues exist within the browser engine. A remote attacker can exploit these to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0814, CVE-2015-0815) - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists related to documents loaded through a
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id82503
    published2015-04-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82503
    titleFirefox < 37.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(82503);
      script_version("1.9");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/16 14:09:14");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2015-0801",
        "CVE-2015-0802",
        "CVE-2015-0803",
        "CVE-2015-0804",
        "CVE-2015-0805",
        "CVE-2015-0806",
        "CVE-2015-0807",
        "CVE-2015-0808",
        "CVE-2015-0811",
        "CVE-2015-0812",
        "CVE-2015-0814",
        "CVE-2015-0815",
        "CVE-2015-0816"
      );
      script_bugtraq_id(
        73454,
        73455,
        73457,
        73458,
        73460,
        73461,
        73462,
        73464,
        73465,
        73466,
        73467
      );
    
      script_name(english:"Firefox < 37.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Firefox.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by
    multiple vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior
    to 37.0. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :
    
      - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists which
        relates to anchor navigation. A remote attacker can
        exploit this to bypass same-origin policy protections,
        allowing a possible execution of arbitrary scripts in a
        privileged context. Note that this is a variant of
        CVE-2015-0818 that was fixed in Firefox 36.0.4.
        (CVE-2015-0801)
    
      - Access to certain privileged internal methods is
        retained when navigating from windows created to contain
        privileged UI content to unprivileged pages. An attacker
        can exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript with
        elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-0802)
    
      - Multiple type confusion issues exist that can lead to
        use-after-free errors, which a remote attacker can
        exploit to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
        service. (CVE-2015-0803, CVE-2015-0804)
    
      - Multiple memory corruption issues exist related to Off
        Main Thread Compositing when rendering 2D graphics,
        which a remote attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary
        code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0805,
        CVE-2015-0806)
    
      - A cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerability exists
        in the sendBeacon() function due to cross-origin
        resource sharing (CORS) requests following 30x
        redirections. (CVE-2015-0807)
    
      - An issue exists in WebRTC related to memory management
        for simple-style arrays, which may be used by a remote
        attacker to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0808)
    
      - An out-of-bounds read issue exists in the QCMS color
        management library that could lead to an information
        disclosure. (CVE-2015-0811)
    
      - An issue exists that can allow a man-in-the-middle
        attacker to bypass user-confirmation and install a
        Firefox lightweight theme by spoofing a Mozilla
        sub-domain. (CVE-2015-0812)
      
      - Multiple memory safety issues exist within the browser
        engine. A remote attacker can exploit these to corrupt
        memory and possibly execute arbitrary code.
        (CVE-2015-0814, CVE-2015-0815)
    
      - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists related to
        documents loaded through a 'resource:' URL. An attacker
        can exploit this to load pages and execute JavaScript
        with elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-0816)");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-30/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-32/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-33/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-34/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-36/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-37/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-38/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-39/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-40/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-42/");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Firefox 37.0 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Firefox PDF.js Privileged Javascript Injection');
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/09");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/03/31");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/04/01");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Windows");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
    
      script_dependencies("mozilla_org_installed.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Mozilla/Firefox/Version");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("mozilla_version.inc");
    
    port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
    if (!port) port = 445;
    
    installs = get_kb_list("SMB/Mozilla/Firefox/*");
    if (isnull(installs)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, "Firefox");
    
    mozilla_check_version(installs:installs, product:'firefox', esr:FALSE, fix:'37.0', severity:SECURITY_HOLE, xss:FALSE, xsrf:TRUE);
    
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_FIREFOX_37.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Firefox installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 37.0. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists which relates to anchor navigation. A remote attacker can exploit this to bypass same-origin policy protections, allowing a possible execution of arbitrary scripts in a privileged context. Note that this is a variant of CVE-2015-0818 that was fixed in Firefox 36.0.4. (CVE-2015-0801) - Access to certain privileged internal methods is retained when navigating from windows created to contain privileged UI content to unprivileged pages. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript with elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-0802) - Multiple type confusion issues exist that can lead to use-after-free errors, which a remote attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0803, CVE-2015-0804) - Multiple memory corruption issues exist related to Off Main Thread Compositing when rendering 2D graphics, which a remote attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0805, CVE-2015-0806) - A cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerability exists in the sendBeacon() function due to cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests following 30x redirections. (CVE-2015-0807) - An issue exists in WebRTC related to memory management for simple-style arrays, which may be used by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0808) - An issue exists that allows a remote attacker to make the user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id82500
    published2015-04-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82500
    titleFirefox < 37.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2015-290.NASL
    descriptionMozilla Firefox and Thunderbird were updated to fix several important vulnerabilities. Mozilla Firefox was updated to 37.0.1. Mozilla Thunderbird was updated to 31.6.0. mozilla-nspr was updated to 4.10.8 as a dependency. The following vulnerabilities were fixed in Mozilla Firefox : - Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2015-30/CVE-2015-0814/CVE-2015-0815 boo#925392) - Use-after-free when using the Fluendo MP3 GStreamer plugin (MFSA 2015-31/CVE-2015-0813 bmo#1106596 boo#925393) - Add-on lightweight theme installation approval bypassed through MITM attack (MFSA 2015-32/CVE-2015-0812 bmo#1128126 boo#925394) - resource:// documents can load privileged pages (MFSA 2015-33/CVE-2015-0816 bmo#1144991 boo#925395) - Out of bounds read in QCMS library (MFSA-2015-34/CVE-2015-0811 bmo#1132468 boo#925396) - Incorrect memory management for simple-type arrays in WebRTC (MFSA-2015-36/CVE-2015-0808 bmo#1109552 boo#925397) - CORS requests should not follow 30x redirections after preflight (MFSA-2015-37/CVE-2015-0807 bmo#1111834 boo#925398) - Memory corruption crashes in Off Main Thread Compositing (MFSA-2015-38/CVE-2015-0805/CVE-2015-0806 bmo#1135511 bmo#1099437 boo#925399) - Use-after-free due to type confusion flaws (MFSA-2015-39/CVE-2015-0803/CVE-2015-0804 (mo#1134560 boo#925400) - Same-origin bypass through anchor navigation (MFSA-2015-40/CVE-2015-0801 bmo#1146339 boo#925401) - Windows can retain access to privileged content on navigation to unprivileged pages (MFSA-2015-42/CVE-2015-0802 bmo#1124898 boo#925402) The following vulnerability was fixed in functionality that was not released as an update to openSUSE : - Certificate verification could be bypassed through the HTTP/2 Alt-Svc header (MFSA 2015-44/CVE-2015-0799 bmo#1148328 bnc#926166) The functionality added in 37.0 and thus removed in 37.0.1 was : - Opportunistically encrypt HTTP traffic where the server supports HTTP/2 AltSvc The following functionality was added or updated in Mozilla Firefox : - Heartbeat user rating system - Yandex set as default search provider for the Turkish locale - Bing search now uses HTTPS for secure searching - Improved protection against site impersonation via OneCRL centralized certificate revocation - some more behaviour changes for TLS The following vulnerabilities were fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird : - Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2015-30/CVE-2015-0814/CVE-2015-0815 boo#925392) - Use-after-free when using the Fluendo MP3 GStreamer plugin (MFSA 2015-31/CVE-2015-0813 bmo#1106596 boo#925393) - resource:// documents can load privileged pages (MFSA 2015-33/CVE-2015-0816 bmo#1144991 boo#925395) - CORS requests should not follow 30x redirections after preflight (MFSA-2015-37/CVE-2015-0807 bmo#1111834 boo#925398) - Same-origin bypass through anchor navigation (MFSA-2015-40/CVE-2015-0801 bmo#1146339 boo#925401) mozilla-nspr was updated to 4.10.8 as a dependency and received the following changes : - bmo#573192: remove the stack-based PRFileDesc cache. - bmo#756047: check for _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING > 0 instead of only checking if the identifier is defined. - bmo#1089908: Fix variable shadowing in _PR_MD_LOCKFILE. Use PR_ARRAY_SIZE to get the array size of _PR_RUNQ(t->cpu). - bmo#1106600: Replace PR_ASSERT(!
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-04-09
    plugin id82651
    published2015-04-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82651
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / MozillaThunderbird / mozilla-nspr (openSUSE-2015-290)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_D0C97697DF2C4B8BBFF2CEC24DC35AF8.NASL
    descriptionThe Mozilla Project reports : MFSA-2015-30 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:37.0 / rv:31.6) MFSA-2015-31 Use-after-free when using the Fluendo MP3 GStreamer plugin MFSA-2015-32 Add-on lightweight theme installation approval bypassed through MITM attack MFSA-2015-33 resource:// documents can load privileged pages MFSA-2015-34 Out of bounds read in QCMS library MFSA-2015-35 Cursor clickjacking with flash and images MFSA-2015-36 Incorrect memory management for simple-type arrays in WebRTC MFSA-2015-37 CORS requests should not follow 30x redirections after preflight MFSA-2015-38 Memory corruption crashes in Off Main Thread Compositing MFSA-2015-39 Use-after-free due to type confusion flaws MFSA-2015-40 Same-origin bypass through anchor navigation MFSA-2015-41 PRNG weakness allows for DNS poisoning on Android MFSA-2015-42 Windows can retain access to privileged content on navigation to unprivileged pages
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id82482
    published2015-04-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82482
    titleFreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (d0c97697-df2c-4b8b-bff2-cec24dc35af8)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201512-10.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201512-10 (Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id87710
    published2016-01-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87710
    titleGLSA-201512-10 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (Bar Mitzvah) (Logjam)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2550-1.NASL
    descriptionOlli Pettay and Boris Zbarsky discovered an issue during anchor navigations in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin policy restrictions. (CVE-2015-0801) Bobby Holley discovered that windows created to hold privileged UI content retained access to privileged internal methods if navigated to unprivileged content. An attacker could potentially exploit this in combination with another flaw, in order to execute arbitrary script in a privileged context. (CVE-2015-0802) Several type confusion issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-0803, CVE-2015-0804) Abhishek Arya discovered memory corruption issues during 2D graphics rendering. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-0805, CVE-2015-0806) Christoph Kerschbaumer discovered that CORS requests from navigator.sendBeacon() followed 30x redirections after preflight. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site request forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2015-0807) Mitchell Harper discovered an issue with memory management of simple-type arrays in WebRTC. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause undefined behaviour. (CVE-2015-0808) Felix Grobert discovered an out-of-bounds read in the QCMS colour management library. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-0811) Armin Razmdjou discovered that lightweight themes could be installed in Firefox without a user approval message, from Mozilla subdomains over HTTP without SSL. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this by conducting a Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) attack to install themes without user approval. (CVE-2015-0812) Aki Helin discovered a use-after-free when playing MP3 audio files using the Fluendo MP3 GStreamer plugin in certain circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-0813) Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Gary Kwong, Karl Tomlinson, Randell Jesup, Shu-yu Guo, Steve Fink, Tooru Fujisawa, and Byron Campen discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-0814, CVE-2015-0815) Mariusz Mlynski discovered that documents loaded via resource: URLs (such as PDF.js) could load privileged chrome pages. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this in combination with another flaw, in order to execute arbitrary script in a privileged context. (CVE-2015-0816). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id82524
    published2015-04-02
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82524
    titleUbuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-2550-1)