Input validation error in Mozilla nspr



| Updated: 2020-08-04
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2013-5607
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 nspr
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor Mozilla

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU33867

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5607

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Integer overflow in the PL_ArenaAllocate function in Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) before 4.10.2, as used in Firefox before 25.0.1, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.11 and 24.x before 24.1.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.22.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted X.509 certificate, a related issue to CVE-2013-1741.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nspr: 4.10.6 - 4.10.10

CPE2.3 External links

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00000.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00080.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1791.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1829.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml
https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2820
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-103.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63802
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2031-1
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2032-1
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2087-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=927687
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=mozilla.dev.tech.nspr/_8AcygMEjSA/mm_cqQzLPFQJ
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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