CVE-2024-6609

When almost out-of-memory an elliptic curve key which was never allocated could have been freed again. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Thunderbird < 128.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-07-09 15:15

Updated : 2025-03-13 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-6609

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6609

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6609

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Products Affected

mozilla

thunderbird
firefox

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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