Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-6602. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A mismatch between allocator and deallocator could have lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-6602 since 07/09/2024. 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. 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 10/02/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208022 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (SUSE-SU-2024:3507-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 128 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208022). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: 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: 208022
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (SUSE-SU-2024:3507-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 128

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6602 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6602
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270711

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2024 17:07
Updated: 03/20/2025 06:16
Changes: 07/09/2024 17:07 (55), 07/12/2024 05:48 (13), 10/02/2024 15:21 (2), 03/20/2025 06:16 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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