Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9080 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 50.0.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1.
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_50_1.NASL description The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 50.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple memory corruption issues exists when handling style contexts, regular expressions, and clamped gradients that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080) - Multiple memory corruption issues exists, such as when handling document state changes or HTML5 content, or else due to dereferencing already freed memory or improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9893) - A buffer overflow condition exists in SkiaGl, within the GrResourceProvider::createBuffer() function in file gfx/skia/skia/src/gpu/GrResourceProvider.cpp, due to a GrGLBuffer being truncated during allocation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9894) - A security bypass vulnerability exists due to event handlers for marquee elements being executed despite a Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to impact integrity. (CVE-2016-9895) - A use-after-free error exists within WebVR when handling the navigator object. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to dereference already freed memory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9896) - A memory corruption issue exists in libGLES when WebGL functions use a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9897) - A use-after-free error exists in Editor, specifically within file editor/libeditor/HTMLEditor.cpp, when handling DOM subtrees. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9898) - A use-after-free error exists in the nsNodeUtils::CloneAndAdopt() function within file dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp, while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements, due to improper handling of failing node adoption. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9899) - A security bypass vulnerability exists in the nsDataDocumentContentPolicy::ShouldLoad() function within file dom/base/nsDataDocumentContentPolicy.cpp that allows external resources to be inappropriately loaded by SVG images by utilizing last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95884 published 2016-12-15 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/95884 title Mozilla Firefox < 50.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(95884); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/13"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-9080", "CVE-2016-9893", "CVE-2016-9894", "CVE-2016-9895", "CVE-2016-9896", "CVE-2016-9897", "CVE-2016-9898", "CVE-2016-9899", "CVE-2016-9900", "CVE-2016-9901", "CVE-2016-9902", "CVE-2016-9903", "CVE-2016-9904" ); script_bugtraq_id(94883, 94885); script_xref(name:"MFSA", value:"2016-94"); script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 50.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Firefox."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote macOS or Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 50.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple memory corruption issues exists when handling style contexts, regular expressions, and clamped gradients that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080) - Multiple memory corruption issues exists, such as when handling document state changes or HTML5 content, or else due to dereferencing already freed memory or improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9893) - A buffer overflow condition exists in SkiaGl, within the GrResourceProvider::createBuffer() function in file gfx/skia/skia/src/gpu/GrResourceProvider.cpp, due to a GrGLBuffer being truncated during allocation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9894) - A security bypass vulnerability exists due to event handlers for marquee elements being executed despite a Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to impact integrity. (CVE-2016-9895) - A use-after-free error exists within WebVR when handling the navigator object. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to dereference already freed memory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9896) - A memory corruption issue exists in libGLES when WebGL functions use a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9897) - A use-after-free error exists in Editor, specifically within file editor/libeditor/HTMLEditor.cpp, when handling DOM subtrees. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9898) - A use-after-free error exists in the nsNodeUtils::CloneAndAdopt() function within file dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp, while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements, due to improper handling of failing node adoption. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9899) - A security bypass vulnerability exists in the nsDataDocumentContentPolicy::ShouldLoad() function within file dom/base/nsDataDocumentContentPolicy.cpp that allows external resources to be inappropriately loaded by SVG images by utilizing 'data:' URLs. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive cross-domain information. (CVE-2016-9900) - A flaw exists due to improper sanitization of HTML tags received from the Pocket server. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to run JavaScript code in the about:pocket-saved (unprivileged) page, giving it access to Pocket's messaging API through HTML injection. (CVE-2016-9901) - A flaw exists in the Pocket toolbar button, specifically in browser/extensions/pocket/content/main.js, due to improper verification of the origin of events fired from its own pages. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to inject content and commands from other origins into the Pocket context. Note that this issue does not affect users with e10s enabled. (CVE-2016-9902) - A universal cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Add-ons SDK, specifically within files addon-sdk/source/lib/sdk/ui/frame/view.html and addon-sdk/source/lib/sdk/ui/frame/view.js, due to improper validation of input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-9903) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to determine whether an atom is used by another compartment or zone in specific contexts, by utilizing a JavaScript Map/Set timing attack. (CVE-2016-9904)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 50.1 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:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-9901"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/10/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/15"); 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:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl"); script_require_keys("MacOSX/Firefox/Installed"); exit(0); } include("mozilla_version.inc"); kb_base = "MacOSX/Firefox"; get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Installed"); version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Version", exit_code:1); path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Path", exit_code:1); if (get_kb_item(kb_base + '/is_esr')) exit(0, 'The Mozilla Firefox installation is in the ESR branch.'); mozilla_check_version(product:'firefox', version:version, path:path, esr:FALSE, fix:'50.1', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3155-1.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080, CVE-2016-9893, CVE-2016-9894, CVE-2016-9895, CVE-2016-9896, CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899, CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9901, CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9903, CVE-2016-9904). 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 95807 published 2016-12-14 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/95807 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3155-1) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_512C0FFDCD394DA4B2DC81FF4BA8E238.NASL description Mozilla Foundation reports : CVE-2016-9894: Buffer overflow in SkiaGL CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements CVE-2016-9895: CSP bypass using marquee tag CVE-2016-9896: Use-after-free with WebVR CVE-2016-9897: Memory corruption in libGLES CVE-2016-9898: Use-after-free in Editor while manipulating DOM subtrees CVE-2016-9900: Restricted external resources can be loaded by SVG images through data URLs CVE-2016-9904: Cross-origin information leak in shared atoms CVE-2016-9901: Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution CVE-2016-9902: Pocket extension does not validate the origin of events CVE-2016-9903: XSS injection vulnerability in add-ons SDK CVE-2016-9080: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 CVE-2016-9893: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 and Firefox ESR 45.6 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95814 published 2016-12-14 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/95814 title FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (512c0ffd-cd39-4da4-b2dc-81ff4ba8e238) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-1534.NASL description This update to MozillaFirefox 50.1.0 fixes the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2016-9894: Buffer overflow in SkiaGL - CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements - CVE-2016-9895: CSP bypass using marquee tag - CVE-2016-9896: Use-after-free with WebVR - CVE-2016-9897: Memory corruption in libGLES - CVE-2016-9898: Use-after-free in Editor while manipulating DOM subtrees - CVE-2016-9900: Restricted external resources can be loaded by SVG images through data URLs - CVE-2016-9904: Cross-origin information leak in shared atoms - CVE-2016-9901: Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution - CVE-2016-9902: Pocket extension does not validate the origin of events - CVE-2016-9903: XSS injection vulnerability in add-ons SDK - CVE-2016-9080: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 - CVE-2016-9893: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 and Firefox ESR 45.6 The following bugs were fixed : - boo#1011922: fix crash after a few seconds of usage on AArch64 last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-01-03 plugin id 96248 published 2017-01-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96248 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2016-1534) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-1490.NASL description This update to MozillaFirefox 50.1.0 fixes the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2016-9894: Buffer overflow in SkiaGL - CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements - CVE-2016-9895: CSP bypass using marquee tag - CVE-2016-9896: Use-after-free with WebVR - CVE-2016-9897: Memory corruption in libGLES - CVE-2016-9898: Use-after-free in Editor while manipulating DOM subtrees - CVE-2016-9900: Restricted external resources can be loaded by SVG images through data URLs - CVE-2016-9904: Cross-origin information leak in shared atoms - CVE-2016-9901: Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution - CVE-2016-9902: Pocket extension does not validate the origin of events - CVE-2016-9903: XSS injection vulnerability in add-ons SDK - CVE-2016-9080: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 - CVE-2016-9893: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 and Firefox ESR 45.6 The following bugs were fixed : - boo#1011922: fix crash after a few seconds of usage on AArch64 last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-12-20 plugin id 96030 published 2016-12-20 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/96030 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2016-1490) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_50_1.NASL description The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 50.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple memory corruption issues exists when handling style contexts, regular expressions, and clamped gradients that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080) - Multiple memory corruption issues exists, such as when handling document state changes or HTML5 content, or else due to dereferencing already freed memory or improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9893) - A buffer overflow condition exists in SkiaGl, within the GrResourceProvider::createBuffer() function in file gfx/skia/skia/src/gpu/GrResourceProvider.cpp, due to a GrGLBuffer being truncated during allocation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9894) - A security bypass vulnerability exists due to event handlers for marquee elements being executed despite a Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to impact integrity. (CVE-2016-9895) - A use-after-free error exists within WebVR when handling the navigator object. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to dereference already freed memory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9896) - A memory corruption issue exists in libGLES when WebGL functions use a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9897) - A use-after-free error exists in Editor, specifically within file editor/libeditor/HTMLEditor.cpp, when handling DOM subtrees. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9898) - A use-after-free error exists in the nsNodeUtils::CloneAndAdopt() function within file dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp, while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements, due to improper handling of failing node adoption. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9899) - A security bypass vulnerability exists in the nsDataDocumentContentPolicy::ShouldLoad() function within file dom/base/nsDataDocumentContentPolicy.cpp that allows external resources to be inappropriately loaded by SVG images by utilizing last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95886 published 2016-12-15 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/95886 title Mozilla Firefox < 50.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities