Multiple Mozilla products mImageBufferSize information disclosure
| mozilla-mimagebuffersize-info-disclosure (72856) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Multiple Mozilla products including Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when encoding icon images related to mImageBufferSize in the encoder being initialized with a value different than the size of a source image. By viewing a specially-crafted image, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information in uninitialized memory during an ICO to PNG image conversion.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Refer to MFSA 2012-06 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- MFSA 2012-06: Uninitialized memory appended when encoding icon images may cause information disclosure.
- BID-51757: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-0447 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2012-0447: Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 do not properly initialize data for image/vnd.microsoft.icon images, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading a PNG image that was created through conversion from an ICO image.
- OSVDB ID: 78738: Mozilla Multiple Products mImageBufferSize() Method image/vnd.microsoft.icon Image Encoding Information Disclosure
Platforms Affected:
- Mozilla Firefox 9.0
- Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6
- Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0
Reported:
Jan 31, 2012
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