CVE-2024-11704 Use after free in Firefox

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A double-free vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird allows attackers to cause memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-11704?

CVE-2024-11704 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 26 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11704?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11704?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2024-11704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-11704, GHSA-h8gv-f7pf-7c4p, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-11704.

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