SB2024071650 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird 115

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6600)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in WebGL API. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability affects Firefox installations on macOS only.

2) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6601)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in permission assignment. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, bypass cross-origin container obtaining permissions of the top-level origin and gain access to sensitive information.

3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6602)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in NSS. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6603)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in thread creation. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and crash the browser.

5) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6604)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

6) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7652)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error in the ECMA-262 specification relating to Async Generators. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-31/
• http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-31/