Mozilla Firefox Out-of-bounds Memory Write Error in libvorbis/libtremor Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1040544 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1040544
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2018-5146, CVE-2018-5147
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 19 2018
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities were reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted Vorbis audio data that, when processed by the target user's browser, will trigger an out-of-bounds memory write in libvorbis and execute arbitrary code on the target user's system [CVE-2018-5146].
A remote user can create specially crafted Vorbis audio data that, when processed by the target user's browser, will trigger an out-of-bounds memory write in libtremor and execute arbitrary code on the target user's system [CVE-2018-5147]. Android and ARM platforms are affected.
Richard Zhu (via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative and reported through the Pwn2Own contest) and Huzaifa Sidhpurwala reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A remote user can create content that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (59.0.1; ESR 52.7.2).
The vendor advisory is available at:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-08/
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-08/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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