SB2012022301 - Input validation error in Mozilla Firefox
Published: February 23, 2012 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012022301
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0823)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
VP8 Codec SDK (libvpx) before 1.0.0 "Duclair" allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) unspecified "corrupt input" or (2) by "starting decoding from a P-frame," which triggers an out-of-bounds read, related to "the clamping of motion vectors in SPLITMV blocks".
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://blog.webmproject.org/2012/01/vp8-codec-sdk-duclair-released.html
- http://code.google.com/p/webm/source/browse/CHANGELOG?repo=libvpx
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:023
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/28/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51775