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Mozilla Multiple Products Table Frames Memory Corruption (CVE-2012-1952)

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-379
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Mozilla Advisory MFSA2012-44
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2012-1952
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Mozilla Foundation Firefox prior to 14
Mozilla Foundation Firefox prior to ESR 10.0.6
Mozilla Foundation SeaMonkey prior to 2.11
Mozilla Foundation Thunderbird prior to 14
Mozilla Foundation Thunderbird prior to ESR 10.0.6
Vulnerability Description
A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, Seamonkey, and Thunderbird.
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to a failure in a certain method to handle mixed group table frames. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target.

Protection Overview
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

How Can I Protect My Network?

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Mozilla Multiple Products Table Frames Memory Corruption protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Mozilla Multiple Products Table Frames Memory Corruption