Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-5839 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:56637

Info

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-5839 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 56637
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2012-5839
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 20 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:36PM
Credit: Abhishek Arya (Inferno) from Google Chrome Security Team
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 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 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP4
SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
Slackware Linux x86_64 -current
Slackware Linux 14.0 x86_64
Slackware Linux 14.0
Slackware Linux 13.37 x86_64
Slackware Linux 13.37
Slackware Linux -current
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Application 5 server
Redhat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
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Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 15.3
Gentoo Linux
CentOS CentOS 5
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.11
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.14
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 17.0
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 15.3.1

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-5839 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird are prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability.

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.

Note: This issue was previously discussed in BID 56607 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2012-91 through -106 Multiple Vulnerabilities), but has been moved to its own record to better document it.

This issue was fixed in:

Firefox 17.0
Firefox ESR 10.0.11
Thunderbird 17.0
Thunderbird ESR 10.0.11
SeaMonkey 2.14

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-5839 Heap Buffer Overflow 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 CVE-2012-5839 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

References

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-5839 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

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