Buffer overflow in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-5696

Vulnerability identifier: #VU91737

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5696

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 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 Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE Enterprise Storage
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 ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
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
Oracle Solaris
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
www-client/firefox
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
firefox-debugsource
firefox-debuginfo
dev-lang/spidermonkey
firefox (Ubuntu package)
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing the text in an <input> tag. 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.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1896555
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/