Mozilla Firefox ECMA-262 type confusion

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (version now known). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component ECMA-262 Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An error in the ECMA-262 specification relating to Async Generators could have resulted in a type confusion, potentially leading to memory corruption and an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128, Firefox ESR < 115.13, Thunderbird < 115.13, and Thunderbird < 128.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-7652 since 08/09/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/01/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207937 (Rocky Linux 9 : firefox (RLSA-2024:6681)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207937). Similar entries are available at VDB-276382, VDB-276384, VDB-276388 and VDB-276389.

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Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Nessus ID: 207937
Nessus Name: Rocky Linux 9 : firefox (RLSA-2024:6681)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/09/2024 CVE reserved
09/06/2024 +28 days Advisory disclosed
09/06/2024 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/01/2024 +25 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-7652 (🔒)
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Created: 09/06/2024 11:17 PM
Updated: 10/01/2024 08:08 AM
Changes: 09/06/2024 11:17 PM (54), 09/07/2024 12:54 PM (11), 09/09/2024 08:33 PM (1), 10/01/2024 08:08 AM (2)
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