Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 13 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 131, Firefox ESR 128.3, and Thunderbird 128.3. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 132 | 132 | Patch available | CNA |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | before 128.4 | 128.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 128.4 | 128.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 132 | 132 | Patch available | CNA |
- Firefox VendorMozilla Affected before 132 Fixed in 132 Patch available CNA
- Firefox ESR VendorMozilla Affected before 128.4 Fixed in 128.4 Patch available CNA
- Thunderbird VendorMozilla Affected before 128.4 Fixed in 128.4 Patch available CNA
- Thunderbird VendorMozilla Affected before 132 Fixed in 132 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 132
- Fix · CNA Firefox ESR (Mozilla) Fixed in 128.4
- Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 128.4
- Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 132
Red Hat 19 advisories
- RHSA-2024:9554 Released 2024-11-13 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox-128.4.0-1.el9_5, firefox-x11-128.4.0-1.el9_5
- RHSA-2024:9552 Released 2024-11-13 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el9_5
- RHSA-2024:9018 Released 2024-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_8
Show 16 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2024:9017 Released 2024-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_6
- RHSA-2024:9015 Released 2024-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_4
- RHSA-2024:9019 Released 2024-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el9_0
- RHSA-2024:9016 Released 2024-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_2
- RHSA-2024:8793 Released 2024-11-04 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el9_4
- RHSA-2024:8790 Released 2024-11-04 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el8_10
- RHSA-2024:8726 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox-128.4.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11-128.4.0-1.el9_4
- RHSA-2024:8729 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_10
- RHSA-2024:8728 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) thunderbird-128.4.0-1.el9_2
- RHSA-2024:8722 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_8
- RHSA-2024:8727 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox-128.4.0-1.el7_9
- RHSA-2024:8725 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_6
- RHSA-2024:8723 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_4
- RHSA-2024:8724 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox-128.4.0-1.el8_2
- RHSA-2024:8720 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) firefox-128.4.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11-128.4.0-1.el9_2
- RHSA-2024:8721 Released 2024-10-31 · Red Hat rating Moderatefirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) firefox-128.4.0-1.el9_0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird 132
11 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-09696 Resource allocation without limits in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 49
- TI-2024-09694 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2024-09693 Authentication bypass by spoofing in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 40
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox ESR, Thunderbird 128.4
10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-09694 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2024-09693 Authentication bypass by spoofing in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2024-09692 Out-of-bounds read in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 40
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8729, RHSA-2024:8790 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8726, RHSA-2024:8793, RHSA-2024:9552, RHSA-2024:9554 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8724, RHSA-2024:9016 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8723, RHSA-2024:9015 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8725, RHSA-2024:9017 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8723, RHSA-2024:9015 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8725, RHSA-2024:9017 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8721, RHSA-2024:9019 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8722, RHSA-2024:9018 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8720, RHSA-2024:8728 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8723, RHSA-2024:9015 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8725, RHSA-2024:9017 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8727 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10467
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9v98-vwhg-6x24
- 2026-10-26 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Advisory 4
More Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities
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- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-10467 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-10467 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9v98-vwhg-6x24 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-10467 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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