Use-after-free in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2024-8394
Published: September 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96942
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8394
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when aborting verification of an OTR chat session. A remote attacker can crash the application.
Affected software
Mozilla Thunderbird
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Anolis OS
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 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 Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Oracle Solaris
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
www-client/firefox
dev-lang/spidermonkey
mozilla-thunderbird
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Anolis OS
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 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 Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Oracle Solaris
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
www-client/firefox
dev-lang/spidermonkey
mozilla-thunderbird
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
How to mitigate CVE-2024-8394
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 128.2.0
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 74
www-client/firefox - update to 104
dev-lang/spidermonkey - update to 115.15.0
mozilla-thunderbird - addressed in versions 115.15.0, 128.2.0esr
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
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 128.4.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 128.4.0
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 74
www-client/firefox - update to 104
dev-lang/spidermonkey - update to 115.15.0
mozilla-thunderbird - addressed in versions 115.15.0, 128.2.0esr
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
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 128.2.3-150200.8.177.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 128.4.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 128.4.0
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for thunderbird
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for thunderbird
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for thunderbird
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for thunderbird
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for thunderbird
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for thunderbird
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for thunderbird
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for thunderbird
- SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird
- Slackware Linux update for mozilla-thunderbird
- Oracle Solaris update for third-party components
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
- Gentoo update for Mozilla Thunderbird
- Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
- Gentoo update for Spidermonkey
- Anolis OS update for thunderbird