SB2013020101 - Remote code execution in Pale Moon
Published: February 1, 2013 Updated: November 9, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013020101
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1591)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the fast_composite_scaled_bilinear() function in pixman-inlines.h. A remote attacker can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=de60e2e0e3eb6084f8f14b63f25b3cbfb012943f
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0687.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:116
- http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910149
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51392553
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0077