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MFSA2013-07 Firefox: Crash due to handling of SSL on threads (CVE-2013-0764)

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MFSA2013-07 Firefox: Crash due to handling of SSL on threads (CVE-2013-0764)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/13/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/14/2013
Modified
04/05/2017

Description

The nsSOCKSSocketInfo::ConnectToProxy function in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 does not ensure thread safety for SSL sessions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data, as demonstrated by e-mail message data.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-17_0_2
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-18_0

References

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