Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.2/130 WebTransport denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.2/130. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component WebTransport Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-9399. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.2/130. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component WebTransport Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A website configured to initiate a specially crafted WebTransport session could crash the Firefox process leading to a denial of service condition. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131, Firefox ESR < 128.3, Thunderbird < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 131.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-9399 since 10/01/2024. 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 207987 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 131.0), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 128.3 or 131 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207987). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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: Thunderbird 128.3/131

Timelineinfo

10/01/2024 🔍
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03/14/2025 +164 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-9399 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9399
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-278999

Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2024 17:59
Updated: 03/14/2025 17:41
Changes: 10/01/2024 17:59 (56), 10/02/2024 06:07 (2), 10/02/2024 13:07 (1), 03/09/2025 00:07 (3), 03/14/2025 17:41 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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