Firefox ESR 24.x < 24.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 76762

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox ESR 24.x installed on the remote host is prior to 24.7. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- When a pair of NSSCertificate structures are added to a trust domain and then one of them is removed during use, a use-after-free error occurs which may cause the application to crash. This crash is potentially exploitable. (CVE-2014-1544)

- There are multiple memory safety hazards within the browser engine. These hazards may lead to memory corruption vulnerabilities, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-1547, CVE-2014-1548)

- There is a potential use-after-free issue in DirectWrite font handling. This may allow an attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the user running the application. (CVE-2014-1551)

- Triggering the FireOnStateChange event has the potential to crash the application. This may lead to a use-after-free and an exploitable crash.
(CVE-2014-1555)

- When using the Cesium JavaScript library to generate WebGL content, the application may crash. This crash is potentially exploitable. (CVE-2014-1556)

- There is a flaw in the Skia library when scaling images of high quality. If the image data is discarded while being processed, the library may crash. This crash is potentially exploitable. (CVE-2014-1557)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox ESR 24.7 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-56.html

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-59.html

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-61.html

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-62.html

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-63.html

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-64.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 76762

File Name: mozilla_firefox_24_7_esr.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/24/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1551

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1544, CVE-2014-1547, CVE-2014-1548, CVE-2014-1551, CVE-2014-1555, CVE-2014-1556, CVE-2014-1557

BID: 68811, 68814, 68816, 68817, 68818, 68822, 68824