CVE-2024-8394 (GCVE-0-2024-8394)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-06 16:16 – Updated: 2025-03-19 17:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
When aborting the verification of an OTR chat session, an attacker could have caused a use-after-free bug leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 128.2.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-06 19:38 UTC
CWE
- Crash when aborting verification of OTR chat
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128.2
(custom)
|
guessed |
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