VDB-270720 · CVE-2024-6615 · Nessus 208022

Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-6615. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 127.x. Affected is some unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 127. 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 < 128.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-6615 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. 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 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). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Firefox

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
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)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Firefox 128

Timelineinfo

07/09/2024 🔍
07/09/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/20/2025 +254 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6615 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6615
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270720

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2024 17:14
Updated: 03/20/2025 06:16
Changes: 07/09/2024 17:14 (55), 10/02/2024 15:46 (3), 03/20/2025 06:16 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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