CVE-2024-6609

8.8 HIGH
Published: July 09, 2024 Modified: November 03, 2025
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00028.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
69th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla