Mozilla Thunderbird on macOS Apple GPU Driver memory corruption

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Thunderbird on macOS. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Apple GPU Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-11691. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird on macOS (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Apple GPU Driver. 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:

An attacker could have caused memory corruption due to a flaw in Apple's GPU driver; this can be avoided by working around the flaw. *Note: This issue only affected macOS operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.5, Firefox ESR < 115.18, Thunderbird < 133, and Thunderbird < 128.5.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-11691 since 11/25/2024. 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 12/13/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211877 (Mozilla Firefox ESR < 128.5), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211877). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Mail Client Software

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• Mozilla

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• Thunderbird

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/

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