CVE-2024-2616

Mozilla: Improve handling of out-of-memory conditions in ICU

Severity Score

2.7

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

To harden ICU against exploitation, the behavior for out-of-memory conditions was changed to crash instead of attempt to continue. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.9 and Thunderbird < 115.9.

Para proteger a la UCI contra la explotación, el comportamiento de las condiciones de falta de memoria se cambió para que falle en lugar de intentar continuar. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox ESR <115.9 y Thunderbird <115.9.

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: To harden ICU against exploitation, the behavior for out-of-memory conditions was changed to crash instead of attempt to continue.

*Credits: Ryan VanderMeulen and Dan Minor

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-03-18 CVE Reserved
2024-03-19 CVE Published
2024-03-20 EPSS Updated
2024-11-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846197
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00022.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00028.html
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-14

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2616	2024-03-25
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270662	2024-03-25

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Centos Search vendor "Centos"		Centos Search vendor "Centos" for product "Centos"				*		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				*		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				*		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				*		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Aus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel E4s Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel E4s"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Eus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Tus"				*		-		Affected
Amazon Search vendor "Amazon"		Linux Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				*		-		Affected
Centos Search vendor "Centos"		Centos Search vendor "Centos" for product "Centos"				*		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				*		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				*		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				*		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Aus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel E4s Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel E4s"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Eus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Tus"				*		-		Affected
Rocky Search vendor "Rocky"		Linux Search vendor "Rocky" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Slackware Search vendor "Slackware"		Slackware Linux Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Packagehub Search vendor "Suse" for product "Packagehub"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-module-desktop-applications Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-module-desktop-applications"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-sdk Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-sdk"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-we Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-we"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc-espos Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc-espos"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc-ltss Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc-ltss"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sled Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sled"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles-ltss Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles-ltss"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles Sap Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles Sap"				*		-		Affected