CVE-2024-11696: The application failed to account for exceptions thrown by the `loadManifestFromFile` method during add-on signature verification. This flaw,...
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-11696
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products
Vendor: Mozilla
Product: Firefox
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 17.81% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1929600https://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/