Mozilla Thunderbird ECMA-262 type confusion

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component ECMA-262 Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-7652 since 08/09/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/02/2024).

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). Entries connected to this vulnerability 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
10/02/2024 +26 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-7652 (🔒)
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/06/2024 11:17 PM
Updated: 10/02/2024 10:23 AM
Changes: 09/06/2024 11:17 PM (54), 09/07/2024 12:54 PM (11), 09/09/2024 08:33 PM (1), 10/02/2024 10:23 AM (2)
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