Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x Frame Iterator infinite loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component Frame Iterator. The manipulation leads to infinite loop. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-6614. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Frame Iterator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The frame iterator could get stuck in a loop when encountering certain wasm frames leading to incorrect stack traces. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6614 since 07/09/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / 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-2024-6614 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6614
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270719

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2024 17:14
Updated: 03/20/2025 06:09
Changes: 07/09/2024 17:14 (42), 07/09/2024 17:16 (18), 10/02/2024 15:46 (3), 10/30/2024 04:46 (11), 03/20/2025 06:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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