Release of invalid pointer or reference in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-1556
Published: February 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86647
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1556
CWE-ID: CWE-763
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the browser.
The vulnerability exists due to invalid memory access when the profiler is running in the browser. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and crash the browser.
Affected software
Firefox for iOS
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
How to mitigate CVE-2024-1556
Install updates from vendor's website.
Firefox for iOS - update to 123.0
Firefox for Android - update to 123.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 123.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
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
Firefox for Android - update to 123.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 123.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
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