CVE-2024-11696

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-11-26

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.

See more information about CVE-2024-11696 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.4
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality:	Low
Integrity:	Low
Availability:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2024-10881	2024-12-16
Oracle Linux version 8 (firefox)	ELSA-2024-10752	2024-12-03
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2024-10591	2024-12-03
Oracle Linux version 9 (firefox)	ELSA-2024-10702	2024-12-03
Oracle Linux version 9 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2024-10592	2024-12-03