Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1963 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The FileReader class in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by changing a file during a FileReader API read operation.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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 family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_FIREFOX_45.NASL description The version of Firefox installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 45. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the majority of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities. 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NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-334.NASL description This update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss fixes the following issues : MozillaFirefox was updated to Firefox 45.0 (boo#969894) - requires NSPR 4.12 / NSS 3.21.1 - Instant browser tab sharing through Hello - Synced Tabs button in button bar - Tabs synced via Firefox Accounts from other devices are now shown in dropdown area of Awesome Bar when searching - Introduce a new preference (network.dns.blockDotOnion) to allow blocking .onion at the DNS level - Tab Groups (Panorama) feature removed - MFSA 2016-16/CVE-2016-1952/CVE-2016-1953 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2016-17/CVE-2016-1954 (bmo#1243178) Local file overwriting and potential privilege escalation through CSP reports - MFSA 2016-18/CVE-2016-1955 (bmo#1208946) CSP reports fail to strip location information for embedded iframe pages - MFSA 2016-19/CVE-2016-1956 (bmo#1199923) Linux video memory DOS with Intel drivers - MFSA 2016-20/CVE-2016-1957 (bmo#1227052) Memory leak in libstagefright when deleting an array during MP4 processing - MFSA 2016-21/CVE-2016-1958 (bmo#1228754) Displayed page address can be overridden - MFSA 2016-22/CVE-2016-1959 (bmo#1234949) Service Worker Manager out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager - MFSA 2016-23/CVE-2016-1960/ZDI-CAN-3545 (bmo#1246014) Use-after-free in HTML5 string parser - MFSA 2016-24/CVE-2016-1961/ZDI-CAN-3574 (bmo#1249377) Use-after-free in SetBody - MFSA 2016-25/CVE-2016-1962 (bmo#1240760) Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels - MFSA 2016-26/CVE-2016-1963 (bmo#1238440) Memory corruption when modifying a file being read by FileReader - MFSA 2016-27/CVE-2016-1964 (bmo#1243335) Use-after-free during XML transformations - MFSA 2016-28/CVE-2016-1965 (bmo#1245264) Addressbar spoofing though history navigation and Location protocol property - MFSA 2016-29/CVE-2016-1967 (bmo#1246956) Same-origin policy violation using perfomance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore - MFSA 2016-30/CVE-2016-1968 (bmo#1246742) Buffer overflow in Brotli decompression - MFSA 2016-31/CVE-2016-1966 (bmo#1246054) Memory corruption with malicious NPAPI plugin - MFSA 2016-32/CVE-2016-1970/CVE-2016-1971/CVE-2016-1975/ CVE-2016-1976/CVE-2016-1972 WebRTC and LibVPX vulnerabilities found through code inspection - MFSA 2016-33/CVE-2016-1973 (bmo#1219339) Use-after-free in GetStaticInstance in WebRTC - MFSA 2016-34/CVE-2016-1974 (bmo#1228103) Out-of-bounds read in HTML parser following a failed allocation - MFSA 2016-35/CVE-2016-1950 (bmo#1245528) Buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1) - MFSA 2016-36/CVE-2016-1979 (bmo#1185033) Use-after-free during processing of DER encoded keys in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1) - MFSA 2016-37/CVE-2016-1977/CVE-2016-2790/CVE-2016-2791/ CVE-2016-2792/CVE-2016-2793/CVE-2016-2794/CVE-2016-2795/ CVE-2016-2796/CVE-2016-2797/CVE-2016-2798/CVE-2016-2799/ CVE-2016-2800/CVE-2016-2801/CVE-2016-2802 Font vulnerabilities in the Graphite 2 library mozilla-nspr was updated to version 4.12 - added a PR_GetEnvSecure function, which attempts to detect if the program is being executed with elevated privileges, and returns NULL if detected. It is recommended to use this function in general purpose library code. - fixed a memory allocation bug related to the PR_*printf functions - exported API PR_DuplicateEnvironment, which had already been added in NSPR 4.10.9 - added support for FreeBSD aarch64 - several minor correctness and compatibility fixes mozilla-nss was updated to NSS 3.21.1 (bmo#969894) - required for Firefox 45.0 - MFSA 2016-35/CVE-2016-1950 (bmo#1245528) Buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1) - MFSA 2016-36/CVE-2016-1979 (bmo#1185033) Use-after-free during processing of DER encoded keys in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-03-14 plugin id 89915 published 2016-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89915 title openSUSE Security Update : Firefox (openSUSE-2016-334) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2917-2.NASL description USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several regressions that could result in search engine settings being lost, the list of search providers appearing empty or the location bar breaking after typing an invalid URL. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. 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-2016-1950) Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylanki 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-2016-1952, CVE-2016-1953) Nicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to overwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with addon signing disabled and unpacked addons installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional privileges. (CVE-2016-1954) Muneaki Nishimura discovered that CSP violation reports contained full paths for cross-origin iframe navigations. An attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1955) Ucha Gobejishvili discovered that performing certain WebGL operations resulted in memory resource exhaustion with some Intel GPUs, requiring a reboot. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1956) Jose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in libstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing in some 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 memory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957) Abdulrahman Alqabandi discovered that the addressbar could be blank or filled with page defined content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1958) Looben Yang discovered an out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager. 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-2016-1959) A use-after-free was discovered in the HTML5 string parser. 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-2016-1960) A use-after-free was discovered in the SetBody function of HTMLDocument. 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-2016-1961) Dominique Hazael-Massieux discovered a use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels. 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-2016-1962) It was discovered that Firefox crashes when local files are modified whilst being read by the FileReader API. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1963) Nicolas Gregoire discovered a use-after-free during XML transformations. 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-2016-1964) Tsubasa Iinuma discovered a mechanism to cause the addressbar to display an incorrect URL, using history navigations and the Location protocol property. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1965) A memory corruption issues was discovered in the NPAPI subsystem. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with a malicious plugin installed, 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-2016-1966) Jordi Chancel discovered a same-origin-policy bypass when using performance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1967) Luke Li discovered a buffer overflow during Brotli decompression in some 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-2016-1968) Ronald Crane discovered a use-after-free in GetStaticInstance in WebRTC. 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-2016-1973) Ronald Crane discovered an out-of-bounds read following a failed allocation in the HTML parser in some 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-2016-1974) Holger Fuhrmannek, Tyson Smith and Holger Fuhrmannek reported multiple memory safety issues in the Graphite 2 library. 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-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802). 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 90421 published 2016-04-08 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90421 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : firefox regressions (USN-2917-2) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_45.NASL description The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 45. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the majority of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these issues by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted website, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89875 published 2016-03-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89875 title Firefox < 45 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201605-06.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201605-06 (Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firefox, NSS, NSPR, and 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. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information, spoof the address bar, conduct clickjacking attacks, bypass security restrictions and protection mechanisms, or have other unspecified impacts. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91379 published 2016-05-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91379 title GLSA-201605-06 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (Logjam) (SLOTH) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2917-3.NASL description USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several web compatibility regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. 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-2016-1950) Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylanki 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-2016-1952, CVE-2016-1953) Nicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to overwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with addon signing disabled and unpacked addons installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional privileges. (CVE-2016-1954) Muneaki Nishimura discovered that CSP violation reports contained full paths for cross-origin iframe navigations. An attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1955) Ucha Gobejishvili discovered that performing certain WebGL operations resulted in memory resource exhaustion with some Intel GPUs, requiring a reboot. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1956) Jose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in libstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing in some 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 memory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957) Abdulrahman Alqabandi discovered that the addressbar could be blank or filled with page defined content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1958) Looben Yang discovered an out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager. 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-2016-1959) A use-after-free was discovered in the HTML5 string parser. 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-2016-1960) A use-after-free was discovered in the SetBody function of HTMLDocument. 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-2016-1961) Dominique Hazael-Massieux discovered a use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels. 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-2016-1962) It was discovered that Firefox crashes when local files are modified whilst being read by the FileReader API. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1963) Nicolas Gregoire discovered a use-after-free during XML transformations. 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-2016-1964) Tsubasa Iinuma discovered a mechanism to cause the addressbar to display an incorrect URL, using history navigations and the Location protocol property. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1965) A memory corruption issues was discovered in the NPAPI subsystem. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with a malicious plugin installed, 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-2016-1966) Jordi Chancel discovered a same-origin-policy bypass when using performance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1967) Luke Li discovered a buffer overflow during Brotli decompression in some 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-2016-1968) Ronald Crane discovered a use-after-free in GetStaticInstance in WebRTC. 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-2016-1973) Ronald Crane discovered an out-of-bounds read following a failed allocation in the HTML parser in some 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-2016-1974) Holger Fuhrmannek, Tyson Smith and Holger Fuhrmannek reported multiple memory safety issues in the Graphite 2 library. 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-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802). 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 90598 published 2016-04-20 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90598 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : firefox regressions (USN-2917-3) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_2225C5B41E5A44FC9920B3201C384A15.NASL description Mozilla Foundation reports : MFSA 2016-16 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:45.0 / rv:38.7) MFSA 2016-17 Local file overwriting and potential privilege escalation through CSP reports MFSA 2016-18 CSP reports fail to strip location information for embedded iframe pages MFSA 2016-19 Linux video memory DOS with Intel drivers MFSA 2016-20 Memory leak in libstagefright when deleting an array during MP4 processing MFSA 2016-21 Displayed page address can be overridden MFSA 2016-22 Service Worker Manager out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager MFSA 2016-23 Use-after-free in HTML5 string parser MFSA 2016-24 Use-after-free in SetBody MFSA 2016-25 Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels MFSA 2016-26 Memory corruption when modifying a file being read by FileReader MFSA 2016-27 Use-after-free during XML transformations MFSA 2016-28 Addressbar spoofing though history navigation and Location protocol property MFSA 2016-29 Same-origin policy violation using perfomance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore MFSA 2016-31 Memory corruption with malicious NPAPI plugin MFSA 2016-32 WebRTC and LibVPX vulnerabilities found through code inspection MFSA 2016-33 Use-after-free in GetStaticInstance in WebRTC MFSA 2016-34 Out-of-bounds read in HTML parser following a failed allocation last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89765 published 2016-03-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89765 title FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2225c5b4-1e5a-44fc-9920-b3201c384a15) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-332.NASL description This update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss fixes the following issues : MozillaFirefox was updated to Firefox 45.0 (boo#969894) - requires NSPR 4.12 / NSS 3.21.1 - Instant browser tab sharing through Hello - Synced Tabs button in button bar - Tabs synced via Firefox Accounts from other devices are now shown in dropdown area of Awesome Bar when searching - Introduce a new preference (network.dns.blockDotOnion) to allow blocking .onion at the DNS level - Tab Groups (Panorama) feature removed - MFSA 2016-16/CVE-2016-1952/CVE-2016-1953 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2016-17/CVE-2016-1954 (bmo#1243178) Local file overwriting and potential privilege escalation through CSP reports - MFSA 2016-18/CVE-2016-1955 (bmo#1208946) CSP reports fail to strip location information for embedded iframe pages - MFSA 2016-19/CVE-2016-1956 (bmo#1199923) Linux video memory DOS with Intel drivers - MFSA 2016-20/CVE-2016-1957 (bmo#1227052) Memory leak in libstagefright when deleting an array during MP4 processing - MFSA 2016-21/CVE-2016-1958 (bmo#1228754) Displayed page address can be overridden - MFSA 2016-22/CVE-2016-1959 (bmo#1234949) Service Worker Manager out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager - MFSA 2016-23/CVE-2016-1960/ZDI-CAN-3545 (bmo#1246014) Use-after-free in HTML5 string parser - MFSA 2016-24/CVE-2016-1961/ZDI-CAN-3574 (bmo#1249377) Use-after-free in SetBody - MFSA 2016-25/CVE-2016-1962 (bmo#1240760) Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels - MFSA 2016-26/CVE-2016-1963 (bmo#1238440) Memory corruption when modifying a file being read by FileReader - MFSA 2016-27/CVE-2016-1964 (bmo#1243335) Use-after-free during XML transformations - MFSA 2016-28/CVE-2016-1965 (bmo#1245264) Addressbar spoofing though history navigation and Location protocol property - MFSA 2016-29/CVE-2016-1967 (bmo#1246956) Same-origin policy violation using perfomance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore - MFSA 2016-30/CVE-2016-1968 (bmo#1246742) Buffer overflow in Brotli decompression - MFSA 2016-31/CVE-2016-1966 (bmo#1246054) Memory corruption with malicious NPAPI plugin - MFSA 2016-32/CVE-2016-1970/CVE-2016-1971/CVE-2016-1975/ CVE-2016-1976/CVE-2016-1972 WebRTC and LibVPX vulnerabilities found through code inspection - MFSA 2016-33/CVE-2016-1973 (bmo#1219339) Use-after-free in GetStaticInstance in WebRTC - MFSA 2016-34/CVE-2016-1974 (bmo#1228103) Out-of-bounds read in HTML parser following a failed allocation - MFSA 2016-35/CVE-2016-1950 (bmo#1245528) Buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1) - MFSA 2016-36/CVE-2016-1979 (bmo#1185033) Use-after-free during processing of DER encoded keys in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1) - MFSA 2016-37/CVE-2016-1977/CVE-2016-2790/CVE-2016-2791/ CVE-2016-2792/CVE-2016-2793/CVE-2016-2794/CVE-2016-2795/ CVE-2016-2796/CVE-2016-2797/CVE-2016-2798/CVE-2016-2799/ CVE-2016-2800/CVE-2016-2801/CVE-2016-2802 Font vulnerabilities in the Graphite 2 library mozilla-nspr was updated to version 4.12 - added a PR_GetEnvSecure function, which attempts to detect if the program is being executed with elevated privileges, and returns NULL if detected. It is recommended to use this function in general purpose library code. - fixed a memory allocation bug related to the PR_*printf functions - exported API PR_DuplicateEnvironment, which had already been added in NSPR 4.10.9 - added support for FreeBSD aarch64 - several minor correctness and compatibility fixes mozilla-nss was updated to NSS 3.21.1 (bmo#969894) - required for Firefox 45.0 - MFSA 2016-35/CVE-2016-1950 (bmo#1245528) Buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1) - MFSA 2016-36/CVE-2016-1979 (bmo#1185033) Use-after-free during processing of DER encoded keys in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-03-14 plugin id 89913 published 2016-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89913 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nspr / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-332) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2917-1.NASL description Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. 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-2016-1950) Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, Randell Jesup, Carsten Book, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Tyson Smith, Andrea Marchesini, and Jukka Jylanki 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-2016-1952, CVE-2016-1953) Nicolas Golubovic discovered that CSP violation reports can be used to overwrite local files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with addon signing disabled and unpacked addons installed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to gain additional privileges. (CVE-2016-1954) Muneaki Nishimura discovered that CSP violation reports contained full paths for cross-origin iframe navigations. An attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1955) Ucha Gobejishvili discovered that performing certain WebGL operations resulted in memory resource exhaustion with some Intel GPUs, requiring a reboot. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1956) Jose Martinez and Romina Santillan discovered a memory leak in libstagefright during MPEG4 video file processing in some 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 memory exhaustion. (CVE-2016-1957) Abdulrahman Alqabandi discovered that the addressbar could be blank or filled with page defined content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1958) Looben Yang discovered an out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager. 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-2016-1959) A use-after-free was discovered in the HTML5 string parser. 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-2016-1960) A use-after-free was discovered in the SetBody function of HTMLDocument. 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-2016-1961) Dominique Hazael-Massieux discovered a use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels. 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-2016-1962) It was discovered that Firefox crashes when local files are modified whilst being read by the FileReader API. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1963) Nicolas Gregoire discovered a use-after-free during XML transformations. 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-2016-1964) Tsubasa Iinuma discovered a mechanism to cause the addressbar to display an incorrect URL, using history navigations and the Location protocol property. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-1965) A memory corruption issues was discovered in the NPAPI subsystem. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with a malicious plugin installed, 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-2016-1966) Jordi Chancel discovered a same-origin-policy bypass when using performance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2016-1967) Luke Li discovered a buffer overflow during Brotli decompression in some 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-2016-1968) Ronald Crane discovered a use-after-free in GetStaticInstance in WebRTC. 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-2016-1973) Ronald Crane discovered an out-of-bounds read following a failed allocation in the HTML parser in some 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-2016-1974) Holger Fuhrmannek, Tyson Smith and Holger Fuhrmannek reported multiple memory safety issues in the Graphite 2 library. 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-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89826 published 2016-03-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89826 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 / 15.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-2917-1)
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-26.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238440
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html