Mozilla Firefox 130 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox 130. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-9403. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox 130. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 130. 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 < 131 and Thunderbird < 131.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-9403 since 10/01/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 207987 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 131.0), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 131 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207987). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 7.3
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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: 207987
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 131.0

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 131

Timelineinfo

10/01/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-9403 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9403
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-278992

Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2024 17:57
Updated: 03/09/2025 01:04
Changes: 10/01/2024 17:57 (55), 10/02/2024 07:13 (2), 10/02/2024 09:00 (11), 10/02/2024 13:07 (1), 03/09/2025 01:04 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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