Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131 Video Frame information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Video Frame Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-10463. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131. This affects some unknown processing of the component Video Frame Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Video frames could have been leaked between origins in some situations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Firefox ESR < 115.17, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-10463 since 10/28/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/30/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Mail Client Software

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• Mozilla

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• Thunderbird

Version

• 131

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/

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