Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1679 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:59860

Info

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1679 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 59860
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2013-1679
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 14 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:25AM
Credit: Abhishek Arya (Inferno) of the Google Chrome Security Team
Vulnerable: SuSE openSUSE 11.4
Slackware Linux x86_64 -current
Slackware Linux 13.37 x86_64
Slackware Linux 13.37
Slackware Linux -current
RedHat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Application 5 server
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
Red Hat Fedora 17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.20
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.14
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.13
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.12
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 5
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.9
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.19
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.18
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.17
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.16
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.15
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.11
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.10
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.10
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.20
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.11
Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.14
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.12
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.22
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.16
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.14
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.13
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.18
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.17
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.16
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 Beta
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.0
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1
Mozilla Firefox 0.9
Mozilla Firefox 0.8
Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1
Mozilla Firefox 9.0
Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 8.0
Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 7.0
Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 6
Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 5.0
Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta9
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta8
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta7
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta6
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta5
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta4
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta3
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta12
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta11
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta10
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta1
Mozilla Firefox 4.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.27
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.26
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.25
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.23
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.21
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.20
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.19
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.18
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 3
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 2
Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.19
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.18
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.17
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.15
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11
Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 3
Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 1
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5
Mozilla Firefox 3.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC3
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC2
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta 1
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 13.0
Mozilla Firefox 12.0
Mozilla Firefox 11.0
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 10.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.8
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 0.7
Mozilla Firefox 0.6
Mozilla Firefox 0.5
Mozilla Firefox 0.3
Mozilla Firefox 0.2
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.31
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.30
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.27
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.26
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.2
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.1
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.0.1
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.30
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.29
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 12.0
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 11.0
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified 1.3.1.0
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified 1.3.0.5
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified 1.3.0.0
IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage 1.3.0.5
IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage 1.3.0.4
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
CentOS CentOS 5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1679 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

Note: This issue was previously discussed in BID 59852 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird MFSA 2013-41 through -48 Multiple Vulnerabilities), but has been moved to its own record for better documentation.

This issue is fixed in:

Firefox 21.0
Firefox ESR 17.0.6
Thunderbird 17.0.6
Thunderbird ESR 17.0.6

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1679 Use After Free 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 and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1679 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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


Slackware Linux 14.0 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

References

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