Mozilla Firefox ANGLE out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ANGLE. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-0741. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ANGLE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An out of bounds write in ANGLE could have allowed an attacker to corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122, Firefox ESR < 115.7, and Thunderbird < 115.7.

The weakness was shared 01/23/2024. The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-0741 since 01/19/2024. 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 06/19/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239868 (TencentOS Server 3: thunderbird (TSSA-2024:0054)), 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 (239868). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 239868
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 3: thunderbird (TSSA-2024:0054)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/19/2024 🔍
01/23/2024 +4 days 🔍
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06/19/2025 +512 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: DLA 3720-1
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-0741 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-0741
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251834

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2024 15:10
Updated: 06/19/2025 00:08
Changes: 01/23/2024 15:10 (39), 02/17/2024 08:13 (1), 02/17/2024 08:17 (11), 06/19/2025 00:08 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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