Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-11691

 

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-11691

Published: November 26, 2024 / Updated: December 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100951
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11691
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Apple GPU drivers. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted webpage, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability affects only installations on macOS operating system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Slackware Linux
Desktop Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
Oracle Solaris
Mozilla Thunderbird
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
thunderbird
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
thunderbird-wayland
thunderbird-librnp-rnp
thunderbird-debugsource
thunderbird-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2024-11691

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 133.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 115.18.0, 128.5.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 115.18.0, 128.5.0, 133.0
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 77
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 128.5.0esr
mozilla-firefox - update to 128.5.0esr
thunderbird - addressed in versions 128.5.0-1.fc40, 128.5.0-1.fc41
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 128.5.0-112.237.2, 128.5.0-150200.152.161.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 128.5.0-112.237.2, 128.5.0-150200.152.161.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 128.5.0-112.237.2, 128.5.0-150200.152.161.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 128.5.0-112.237.2, 128.5.0-150200.152.161.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 128.5.0-112.237.2, 128.5.0-150200.152.161.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 128.5.0-150200.8.191.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 128.5.0-150200.8.191.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 128.5.0-150200.8.191.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 128.5.0-150200.8.191.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 128.5.0-150200.8.191.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 128.5.0-150200.152.161.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - update to 128.5.0-150200.152.161.1
thunderbird-wayland - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird-librnp-rnp - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird-debugsource - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird-debuginfo - update to 128.11.1-1
thunderbird - update to 128.11.1-1

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