Use-after-free in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2024-8394
Published: September 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96942
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8394
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-8394
Install updates from vendor's website.