Mozilla Thunderbird ANGLE out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ANGLE. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-0741. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird (Mail Client Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component ANGLE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 published 01/23/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-0741 since 01/19/2024. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around 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). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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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

Advisory: DLA 3720-1
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-0741 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-0741
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251835

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2024 15:10
Updated: 06/19/2025 00:08
Changes: 01/23/2024 15:10 (39), 02/17/2024 08:21 (1), 02/17/2024 08:23 (11), 06/19/2025 00:08 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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