CVE-2024-7528 (GCVE-0-2024-7528)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-06 12:38 – Updated: 2024-08-09 15:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Incorrect garbage collection interaction in IndexedDB could have led to a use-after-free. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129, Firefox ESR < 128.1, and Thunderbird < 128.1.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-09 15:09 UTC
CWE
- Use-after-free in IndexedDB
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 129
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128.1
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128.1
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| mozilla | firefox |
Affected:
0 , < 129
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| mozilla | firefox_esr |
Affected:
0 , < 128.1
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| mozilla | thunderbird |
Affected:
0 , < 128.1
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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