Mozilla Firefox up to 128 Garbage Collection use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 128. This impacts an unknown function of the component Garbage Collection Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-7528. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 128. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Garbage Collection Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Incorrect garbage collection interaction in IndexedDB could have led to a use-after-free. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129 and Firefox ESR < 128.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-7528 since 08/06/2024. 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 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 129 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208022). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

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

NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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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
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Upgrade: Firefox 129

Timelineinfo

08/06/2024 🔍
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08/06/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/15/2025 +221 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-7528 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-7528
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-273755

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2024 15:39
Updated: 03/15/2025 19:44
Changes: 08/06/2024 15:39 (55), 08/10/2024 01:59 (13), 08/13/2024 06:16 (11), 10/02/2024 15:21 (2), 03/15/2025 19:44 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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