CVE-2024-6602 Memory corruption in NSS
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6602 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-6602 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6602 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6602/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6602/index.md)
A memory corruption vulnerability in NSS allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via mismatched allocator and deallocator functions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-6602?
CVE-2024-6602 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A mismatch between allocator and deallocator could have led to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128, Firefox ESR < 115.13, Thunderbird < 115.13, and Thunderbird < 128.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6602?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-softokn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-softokn-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-softokn-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-softokn-freebl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-softokn-freebl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-sysinit Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-sysinit-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-util Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-util-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-util-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nspr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:4.35.0-14.el9_2 |
nspr-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:4.35.0-14.el9_2 |
nspr-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:4.35.0-14.el9_2 |
nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-softokn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-softokn-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-softokn-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-softokn-freebl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-softokn-freebl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-sysinit Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-sysinit-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-util Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-util-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss-util-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el9_2 |
nss Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
nss-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | All versions | 0:3.101.0-7.el8_8 |
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6602?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-6602 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6602 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6602, GHSA-v6r5-wp7h-cj77, RHBA-2024:6679, RHBA-2024:6680, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6602.