Buffer overflow in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-1553

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Buffer overflow in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-1553

Published: February 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86644
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-2024-1553
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 when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for iOS
Firefox for Android
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
CentOS
Anolis OS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
www-client/firefox
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2024-1553

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 123.0
Firefox for iOS - update to 123.0
Firefox for Android - update to 123.0
Firefox ESR - update to 115.8.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 115.8.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 115.8.0
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.8.0esr
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 115.8.0esr-1~deb11u1, 115.8.0esr-1~deb12u1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 115.8.0-1.el7_9, 115.8.0-1.el8_2, 115.8.0-1.el8_4, 115.8.0-1.el8_6, 115.8.0-1.el8_8, 115.8.0-1.el8_9, 115.8.0-1.el9_0, 115.8.0-1.el9_2, 115.8.0-1.el9_3
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 115.8.0-1.el7_9, 115.8.0-1.el8_2, 115.8.0-1.el8_4, 115.8.0-1.el8_6, 115.8.0-1.el8_8, 115.8.0-1.el8_9, 115.8.0-1.el9_0, 115.8.0-1.el9_2, 115.8.0-1.el9_3
thunderbird - addressed in versions 115.8.0-1.fc38, 115.8.0-1.fc39
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:115.8.0-1~deb11u1, 1:115.8.0-1~deb12u1
firefox - update to 115.8.0-1.0.1
thunderbird - update to 115.8.0-1.0.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 115.8.0-112.200.1, 115.8.0-150200.152.126.3
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 115.8.0-112.200.1, 115.8.0-150200.152.126.3
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 115.8.0-112.200.1, 115.8.0-150200.152.126.3
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 115.8.0-112.200.1, 115.8.0-150200.152.126.3
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 115.8.0-112.200.1, 115.8.0-150200.152.126.3
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.8.0-150200.8.148.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.8.0-150200.8.148.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.8.0-150200.8.148.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.8.0-150200.8.148.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.8.0-150200.8.148.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 115.8.0-150200.152.126.3
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - update to 115.8.0-150200.152.126.3
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 115.10.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 115.10.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 123.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 123.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

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