CVE-2024-11706 (GCVE-0-2024-11706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-26 13:34 – Updated: 2024-11-26 16:32
VLAI
Summary
A null pointer dereference may have inadvertently occurred in `pk12util`, and specifically in the `SEC_ASN1DecodeItem_Util` function, when handling malformed or improperly formatted input files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133 and Thunderbird < 133.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-26 16:29 UTC
CWE
  • Null Pointer Dereference in PKCS#12 Utility
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 133 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 133 (custom)
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Credits
Marc Schoenefeld
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