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HistoryNov 11, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2013-05) - Linux

2021-11-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.019 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.5%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2013.05");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0744");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-11 09:42:47 +0000 (Thu, 11 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2021-11-15T03:01:29+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-11-15 03:01:29 +0000 (Mon, 15 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2013-05) - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux/detected");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MFSA2013-05");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-05/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=814713");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Use-after-free when displaying table with many columns and column groups
Using the Address Sanitizer tool, security researcher Atte Kettunen from OUSPG discovered that the combination of large numbers of columns and column groups in a table could cause the array containing the columns during rendering to overwrite itself. This can lead to a user-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 18.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");

  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);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "18")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "18", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.019 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.5%