Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x Elliptic Curve allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Elliptic Curve Handler. The manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-6609. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x. Affected is an unknown part of the component Elliptic Curve Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

When almost out-of-memory an elliptic curve key which was never allocated could have been freed again. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-6609 since 07/09/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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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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03/20/2025 +254 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6609 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6609
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270714

Entryinfo

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

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