CVE-2024-11704 — Double Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-415 — Double Free12 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV4.3
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedNov 26
Latest updateDec 3

Description

A double-free issue could have occurred in `sec_pkcs7_decoder_start_decrypt()` when handling an error path. Under specific conditions, the same symmetric key could have been freed twice, potentially leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Thunderbird < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.7, and Thunderbird < 128.7.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 133+1
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird129.0 — 133.0+1
▶Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:128.7.0esr-1~deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 133
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 128.7.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-12-03
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CVEList
CVE-2024-11704: A double-free issue could have occurred in `sec_pkcs7_decoder_start_decrypt()` when handling an error path↗2024-11-26
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GHSA
GHSA-h8gv-f7pf-7c4p: A double-free issue could have occurred in `sec_pkcs7_decoder_start_decrypt()` when handling an error path↗2024-11-26
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OSV
CVE-2024-11704: A double-free issue could have occurred in `sec_pkcs7_decoder_start_decrypt()` when handling an error path↗2024-11-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-12-03
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Red Hat
firefox: thunderbird: Potential Double-Free Vulnerability in PKCS#7 Decryption Handling↗2024-11-26
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Debian
CVE-2024-11704: firefox - A double-free issue could have occurred in `sec_pkcs7_decoder_start_decrypt()` w...↗2024
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-63: CVE-2024-11704↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2025-09: CVE-2024-11704↗
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