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CVE-2024-11696

The application failed to account for exceptions thrown by the `loadManifestFromFile` method during add-on signature verification.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 133, 128.5
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The application failed to account for exceptions thrown by the `loadManifestFromFile` method during add-on signature verification. This flaw, triggered by an invalid or unsupported extension manifest, could have caused runtime errors that disrupted the signature validation process. As a result, the enforcement of signature validation for unrelated add-ons may have been bypassed. Signature validation in this context is used to ensure that third-party applications on the user's computer have not tampered with the user's extensions, limiting the impact of this issue. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.5, Thunderbird < 133, and Thunderbird < 128.5.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Mozilla Firefox

    fixed in 133

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

    fixed in 128.5

  • Mozilla Thunderbird

    fixed in 133

  • Mozilla Thunderbird

    fixed in 128.5

References 5

bugzilla.mozilla.org

mozilla.org