Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131 IndexedDB race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131. This affects an unknown function of the component IndexedDB. The manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-10468. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131. Affected is an unknown code block of the component IndexedDB. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Potential race conditions in IndexedDB could have caused memory corruption, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132 and Thunderbird < 132.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-10468 since 10/28/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/31/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209865 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 132.0), 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 (209865). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209865
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 132.0

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 132

Timelineinfo

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

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-10468 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-10468
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-282378

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2024 13:56
Updated: 03/02/2025 06:09
Changes: 10/29/2024 13:56 (55), 10/31/2024 10:37 (2), 03/02/2025 06:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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