Mozilla Firefox up to 131 Push Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 131. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Push Message Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-10466. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 131. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Push Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

By sending a specially crafted push message, a remote server could have hung the parent process, causing the browser to become unresponsive. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-10466 since 10/28/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209869 (Mozilla Firefox ESR < 128.4), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 132 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209869). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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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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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209869
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR < 128.4

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 132

Timelineinfo

10/28/2024 🔍
10/29/2024 +1 days 🔍
10/29/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/02/2025 +124 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-10466 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-10466
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-282337

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2024 13:41
Updated: 03/02/2025 10:45
Changes: 10/29/2024 13:41 (56), 10/31/2024 05:30 (2), 01/10/2025 02:39 (12), 03/02/2025 10:45 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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