Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-10467. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. 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 131, Firefox ESR 128.3, and Thunderbird 128.3. 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 < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-10467 since 10/28/2024. 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 10/31/2024).

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). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Mail Client Software

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• Mozilla

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• Thunderbird

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• 131

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/

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