Mozilla Firefox ESR < 45.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9623

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox earlier than 45.4 are unpatched for the following vulnerabilities :

- A flaw exists as the certificate pinning policy for built-in sites like 'addons.mozilla.org' is not honored due to the pins having expired. This may allow a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacker able to generate a trusted certificate to conduct spoofing attacks.
- A flaw exists in 'netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctputil.c' that is triggered as certain input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A flaw exists in the WebRTC component that is triggered as certain input is not properly validated when handling H.264 STAP-A content. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A flaw exists in the 'nsNodeUtils::CloneAndAdopt()' function in 'dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp' that is triggered as certain input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A flaw exists in the 'parse()' function in 'libavcodec/vp9_parser.c' that is triggered when handling input frame sizes. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory, crashing a process linked against the library and potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
- An unspecified flaw exists that is triggered as certain input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A flaw exists in 'netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctputil.c' that is triggered when handling association failures. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A flaw exists in the 'nsHttpChannelAuthProvider::OnAuthCancelled()' function in 'netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannelAuthProvider.cpp' that is triggered as certain input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- An unspecified flaw exists that is triggered as certain input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A flaw exists that is triggered as certain input is not properly validated when handling APNG images. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A use-after-free error exists that is triggered when handling SVG format content being manipulated through script code. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A use-after-free error exists in the 'nsTextNodeDirectionalityMap::RemoveElementFromMap()' function in 'dom/base/DirectionalityUtils.cpp' that is triggered when handling changing of text direction. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A use-after-free error exists in the 'nsRefreshDriver::Tick()' function that is triggered when handling web animations destroying a timeline. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A type confusion flaw exists in 'layout/forms/nsRangeFrame.cpp' that triggered when handling layout with input elements. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code.
- An overflow condition exists in the 'nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString()' function in 'layout/generic/nsTextRunTransformations.cpp' that is triggered when converting text containing certain unicode characters. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
- An overflow condition exists in the 'nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame()' function in 'dom/base/ImageEncoder.cpp' that is triggered when encoding image frames to images. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A use-after-free error exists in the 'DocAccessible::ProcessInvalidationList()' function in 'accessible/generic/DocAccessible.cpp' that is triggered when setting an aria-owns attribute. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- A use-after-free error exists in 'layout/style/nsRuleNode.cpp' that is triggered when handling web animations during restyling. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox version 45.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 9623

Family: Web Clients

Published: 10/7/2016

Updated: 11/6/2019

Nessus ID: 93659, 93661

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5257, CVE-2016-5270, CVE-2016-5272, CVE-2016-5274, CVE-2016-5276, CVE-2016-5277, CVE-2016-5278, CVE-2016-5280, CVE-2016-5281, CVE-2016-5284

Detections

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