Out-of-bounds read in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-6606

 

Out-of-bounds read in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-6606

Published: July 21, 2024 / Updated: July 21, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94619
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4 BT: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6606
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in clipboard component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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 Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
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
Anolis OS
Mozilla Thunderbird
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE

How to mitigate CVE-2024-6606

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 128.0
Firefox for Android - update to 128.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 128.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - update to 128.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 128.1.0-112.221.1, 128.1.0-150200.152.146.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 128.1.0-112.221.1, 128.1.0-150200.152.146.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 128.1.0-112.221.1, 128.1.0-150200.152.146.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 128.1.0-112.221.1, 128.1.0-150200.152.146.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 128.1.0-112.221.1, 128.1.0-150200.152.146.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 128.1.0-150200.152.146.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - update to 128.1.0-150200.152.146.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
firefox - update to 128.3.1-1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE - addressed in versions 128-35.15.1, 128-150200.9.16.1

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