Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.2/130 JIT Compilation memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.2/130. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component JIT Compilation. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-9400. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.2/130 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component JIT Compilation. 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:

A potential memory corruption vulnerability could be triggered if an attacker had the ability to trigger an OOM at a specific moment during JIT compilation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131, Firefox ESR < 128.3, Thunderbird < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 131.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-9400 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 128.3 or 131 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207987). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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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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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-9400 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9400
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279004

Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2024 18:02
Updated: 03/08/2025 23:45
Changes: 10/01/2024 18:02 (56), 10/02/2024 06:07 (2), 10/02/2024 08:19 (11), 10/02/2024 13:07 (1), 03/08/2025 23:45 (3)
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