Unchecked Return Value in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2024-0743

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Unchecked Return Value in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2024-0743

Published: January 23, 2024 / Updated: March 19, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85709
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-2024-0743
CWE-ID: CWE-252
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to an unchecked return value in TLS handshake code in NSS TLS method. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Fedora
CentOS
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Slackware Linux
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Oracle Solaris
SmartFabric Storage Software
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
seamonkey
nss (Debian package)
www-client/firefox
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
thunderbird (Debian package)
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
firefox (Red Hat package)
firefox
firefox-x11
firefox-wayland
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-flatpak
firefox-debugsource
firefox-debuginfo
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2024-0743

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 122.0
SmartFabric Storage Software - update to 1.4.3
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 115.9.0
Firefox ESR - update to 115.9.0
seamonkey - update to 2.53.18.2
seamonkey - addressed in versions 2.53.18.2-1.el7, 2.53.18.2-1.el8, 2.53.18.2-1.fc38, 2.53.18.2-1.fc39, 2.53.18.2-1.fc40
nss (Debian package) - update to 2:3.87.1-1+deb12u1
Oracle Solaris - addressed in versions 11.3 ESU 36.33, 11.4 SRU 68
www-client/firefox - update to 104
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 115.9.0
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.9.0esr
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 115.9.0esr-1~deb11u1, 115.9.0esr-1~deb12u1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 115.9.0-1.el7_9, 115.9.0-1.el8_2, 115.9.0-1.el8_4, 115.9.0-1.el8_6, 115.9.0-1.el8_8, 115.9.0-1.el8_9, 115.9.0-1.el9_0, 115.9.0-1.el9_2, 115.9.0-1.el9_3
thunderbird - addressed in versions 115.9.0-1.fc38, 115.9.0-1.fc39, 115.9.0-1.fc40
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:115.9.0-1~deb11u1, 1:115.9.0-1~deb12u1
thunderbird - update to 115.9.0-1.0.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.9.0-150200.8.154.1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 115.9.1-1.el7_9, 115.9.1-1.el8_2, 115.9.1-1.el8_4, 115.9.1-1.el8_6, 115.9.1-1.el8_8, 115.9.1-1.el8_9, 115.9.1-1.el9_0, 115.9.1-1.el9_2, 115.9.1-1.el9_3
firefox - addressed in versions 115.9.1-1.0.1, 115.13.0-1
firefox-x11 - update to 115.13.0-1
firefox-wayland - update to 115.13.0-1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 122.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 122.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox-flatpak - update to 122.0-1
firefox - addressed in versions 122.0-1.fc38, 122.0-1.fc39
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1

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