CVE-2024-8384

Sept. 6, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

9.8
Critical

Description

The JavaScript garbage collector could mis-color cross-compartment objects if OOM conditions were detected at the right point between two passes. This could have led to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Mozilla
  • Firefox
  • Firefox Esr
  • *
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-416
Use After Free
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a mozilla firefox / / / / / / / /
a mozilla firefox_esr / / / / / / / /
a mozilla firefox_esr / / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Sept. 3, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 6, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Status : Modified

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@mozilla.org

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