Check Point Advisories

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

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-379
Date Published:	14 Oct 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 17 January, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-1952
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, Seamonkey, and Thunderbird. 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 Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

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.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Mozilla Multiple products table frames memory corruption