NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting Firefox package, versions [,133)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-8441532
  • published27 Nov 2024
  • disclosed26 Nov 2024
  • creditMarc Schoenefeld

Introduced: 26 Nov 2024

NewCVE-2024-11706  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 133 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to the SEC_ASN1DecodeItem_Util function. An attacker can cause the application to crash by providing malformed or improperly formatted input files.

CVSS Scores

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