Mozilla Thunderbird memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-0755. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Thunderbird (Mail Client Software) (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 121, Firefox ESR 115.6, and Thunderbird 115.6. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122, Firefox ESR < 115.7, and Thunderbird < 115.7.

The weakness was presented 01/23/2024. The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-0755 since 01/19/2024. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (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). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: DLA 3720-1
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-0755 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-0755
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251848

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2024 15:13
Updated: 06/19/2025 04:13
Changes: 01/23/2024 15:13 (38), 02/17/2024 09:17 (1), 02/17/2024 09:19 (11), 10/18/2024 20:18 (16), 04/20/2025 12:51 (3), 06/19/2025 04:13 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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