CVE-2024-2608 (GCVE-0-2024-2608)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-19 12:02 – Updated: 2025-03-13 14:40
VLAI
Summary
`AppendEncodedAttributeValue(), ExtraSpaceNeededForAttrEncoding()` and `AppendEncodedCharacters()` could have experienced integer overflows, causing underallocation of an output buffer leading to an out of bounds write. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Integer overflow could have led to out of bounds write
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 124 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 115.9 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 115.9 (custom)
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Credits
Ronald Crane
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