Mozilla Firefox Security Advisories (MFSA2016-85, MFSA2016-86) - Windows. Multiple vulnerabilities including out-of-bounds read, heap-buffer-overflow, use-after-free, and remote code execution
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mozilla | www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/ |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.809324");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2827", "CVE-2016-5270", "CVE-2016-5271", "CVE-2016-5272",
"CVE-2016-5273", "CVE-2016-5276", "CVE-2016-5274", "CVE-2016-5277",
"CVE-2016-5275", "CVE-2016-5278", "CVE-2016-5279", "CVE-2016-5280",
"CVE-2016-5281", "CVE-2016-5282", "CVE-2016-5283", "CVE-2016-5284",
"CVE-2016-5256", "CVE-2016-5257");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-06-12 01:29:00 +0000 (Tue, 12 Jun 2018)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-23 10:23:36 +0530 (Fri, 23 Sep 2016)");
script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisories (MFSA2016-85, MFSA2016-86) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:
- Out-of-bounds read in mozilla::net::IsValidReferrerPolicy.
- Heap-buffer-overflow in nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString.
- Out-of-bounds read in PropertyProvider::GetSpacingInternal.
- Bad cast in nsImageGeometryMixin.
- Crash in mozilla::a11y::HyperTextAccessible::GetChildOffset.
- Heap-use-after-free in mozilla::a11y::DocAccessible::ProcessInvalidationList.
- Use-after-free in nsFrameManager::CaptureFrameState.
- Heap-use-after-free in nsRefreshDriver::Tick.
- Global-buffer-overflow in mozilla::gfx::FilterSupport::ComputeSourceNeededRegions.
- Heap-buffer-overflow in nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame.
- Full local path of files is available to web pages after drag and drop.
- Use-after-free in mozilla::nsTextNodeDirectionalityMap::RemoveElementFromMap.
- Use-after-free in DOMSVGLength.
- Favicons can be loaded through non-whitelisted protocols.
- 'iframe src' fragment timing attack can reveal cross-origin data.
- Add-on update site certificate pin expiration.
- Memory safety bugs.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation of these
vulnerabilities remote attackers to cause a denial of service, to execute
arbitrary code, to obtain sensitive full-pathname information.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox versions before 49.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 49 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-85/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_portable_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Firefox/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"49")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"49", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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