Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'ReadPrototypeBindings()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:51975

Info

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'ReadPrototypeBindings()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 51975
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-0452
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 13 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 08:39PM
Credit: Andrew McCreight and Olli Pettay.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 for SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE openSUSE 11.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2
Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 9.0
Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 8.0
Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 7.0
Mozilla Firefox 7
Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 6.0
Mozilla Firefox 6
Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 5.0
Mozilla Firefox 10.0
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.7.1
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.2

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'ReadPrototypeBindings()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird are prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability because of a use-after-free error, that may allow remote code execution.

An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view malicious content. A successful exploit will result in the execution of arbitrary attacker-supplied code in the context of the user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

This issue is fixed in:

Firefox 10.0.1
Firefox ESR 10.0.1
Thunderbird 10.0.1
Thunderbird ESR 10.0.1
SeaMonkey 2.7.1

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'ReadPrototypeBindings()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'ReadPrototypeBindings()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011

References

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'ReadPrototypeBindings()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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