CVE-2024-5696 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-1287 — Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input12 documents8 sources
Severity
8.6HIGHNVD
OSV8.1
EPSS
2.1%
top 16.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateJul 3

Description

By manipulating the text in an ` ` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.7

Affected Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 127
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 115.12+1
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 115.12
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 115.12
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 115.12

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2024-06-19
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CVEList
CVE-2024-5696: By manipulating the text in an ` ` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash↗2024-06-11
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OSV
CVE-2024-5696: By manipulating the text in an ` ` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash↗2024-06-11
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GHSA
GHSA-gmgg-93h8-cp32: By manipulating the text in an ` ` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash↗2024-06-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-07-03
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2024-06-19
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments↗2024-06-11
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Debian
CVE-2024-5696: firefox - By manipulating the text in an `&lt;input&gt;` tag, an attacker could have cause...↗2024
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-26: CVE-2024-5696↗
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