Advisory Details

March 22nd, 2013

Mozilla Firefox mozVibrate Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-0755
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Mozilla
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Firefox
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['12761']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the construction of VibrateWindowListener objects. A dangling pointer can be created that will then be sent to the VibrateWindowListener constructor. By abusing this behavior an attacker can ensure this memory is under control and leverage the situation to achieve remote code execution under the context of the user running the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Mozilla has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-18.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2012-11-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-03-22 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	regenrecht

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