CVE-2024-9401

firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 131, Firefox ESR 115.16, Firefox ESR 128.3, Thunderbird 131, and Thunderbird 128.3

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
RedHat

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 115.15, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2. 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 < 131, Firefox ESR < 128.3, Firefox ESR < 115.16, Thunderbird < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 131.

The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 115.15, Firefox ESR 128.2, and Thunderbird 128.2. Some of these bugs show evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort, some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

*Credits: Andrew Osmond, Sebastian Hengst, Andrew McCreight

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-10-01 CVE Reserved
2024-10-01 CVE Published
2024-10-01 CVE Updated
2024-10-02 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1872744%2C1897792%2C1911317%2C1916476
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-46
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-47
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-48
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-49
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-50

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9401	2024-10-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315950	2024-10-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
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