Advisory Details

April 11th, 2014

(Pwn2Own) Mozilla Firefox ArrayBuffer Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-1513
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Mozilla
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Firefox
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 handling of ArrayBuffer objects. The issue lies in improper handling when neutering an ArrayBuffer object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Mozilla has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-31.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-03-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-04-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Anonymous

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