Type Confusion in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-7652

 

Type Confusion in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-7652

Published: September 17, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97413
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-2024-7652
CWE-ID: CWE-843
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 type confusion error in the ECMA-262 specification relating to Async Generators. 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.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Oracle Linux
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
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 for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
openEuler
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2024-7652

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 128.0
Firefox for Android - update to 128.0
Firefox ESR - update to 115.13.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 115.13.0, 125.0, 127.0, 128.0
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 128.2.0-1.el7_9, 128.2.0-1.el8_4, 128.2.0-1.el8_6, 128.2.0-1.el8_10, 128.2.0-1.el9_4
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 128.2.0-1.el8_2, 128.2.0-1.el8_4, 128.2.0-1.el8_6, 128.2.0-1.el8_8, 128.2.0-1.el8_10, 128.2.0-1.el9_0, 128.2.0-1.el9_2, 128.2.0-1.el9_4
thunderbird - update to 128.2.0-1.0.1
firefox - addressed in versions 128.2.0-1.0.1, 128.2.0-1.0.2
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

External References

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