CVE-2024-6609

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When almost out-of-memory an elliptic curve key which was never allocated could have been freed again. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Thunderbird < 128.

8.8 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00028.html
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

03 Nov 2025, 23:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00028.html -

21 Nov 2024, 09:49

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ - Vendor Advisory

29 Aug 2024, 18:32

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258 - () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ - Vendor Advisory
First Time Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla firefox
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

16 Jul 2024, 18:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ -
Summary
  • (es) Cuando casi se había quedado sin memoria, una clave de curva elíptica que nunca se asignó podría haberse liberado nuevamente. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox &lt; 128.
Summary (en) When almost out-of-memory an elliptic curve key which was never allocated could have been freed again. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128. (en) When almost out-of-memory an elliptic curve key which was never allocated could have been freed again. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Thunderbird < 128.

09 Jul 2024, 15:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-07-09 15:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 23:17

NVD link : CVE-2024-6609

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6609

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6609

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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo