Type Confusion in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-8381

Vulnerability identifier: #VU96735

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:P/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8381

CWE-ID: CWE-843

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Debian Linux
Oracle Linux
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 Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Anolis OS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_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 ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 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 Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Package Hub 15
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Oracle Solaris
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
www-client/firefox
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
dev-lang/spidermonkey
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox-debugsource
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

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

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when looking up a property name in a "with" block. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger a type confusion error 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://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/