Detections
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Mozilla Firefox < 13.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6497
Synopsis
The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
Versions of Firefox prior to 13.0 are potentially affected by the following security issues :- An error exists in the ASN.1 decoder when handling zero length items that can lead to application crashes. (CVE-2012-0441)
- Multiple memory corruption errors exist. (CVE-2012-1937, CVE-2012-1038)
- Two heap-based buffer overflows and one heap-based use-after-free error exist and are potentially exploitable. (CVE-2012-1940, CVE-2012-1941, CVE-2012-1947)
- Two arbitrary DLL load issues exist related to the application update and update service functionality. (CVE-2012-1942, CVE-2012-1943)
- The inline-script blocking feature of the 'Content Security Policy' (CSP) does not properly block inline event handlers. This error allows remote attackers to more easily carry out cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2012-1944)
- A use-after-free error exists related to replacing or inserting a node into a web document. (CVE-2012-1946)
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 13.0 or later.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-34.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-36.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-38.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-39.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-40.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 6497
Family: Web Clients
Published: 6/7/2012
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0441, CVE-2012-1937, CVE-2012-1938, CVE-2012-1939, CVE-2012-1940, CVE-2012-1941, CVE-2012-1942, CVE-2012-1943, CVE-2012-1944, CVE-2012-1945, CVE-2012-1946, CVE-2012-1947
BID: 53791, 53792, 53793, 53794, 53796, 53797, 53799, 53800, 53801, 53798, 53803, 53807