Mozilla Firefox ESR < 24.4 RCE

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9381

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attack vectors.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox ESR earlier than 24.4 are unpatched for a flaw that exists in the 'checkHandshake()' function in 'security/manager/ssl/src/nsNSSIOLayer.cpp'. The issue is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox ESR version 24.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 9381

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/24/2016

Updated: 11/6/2019

Nessus ID: 73098

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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: 7.7

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:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1495

Detections

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