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.
History

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title firefox: thunderbird: Unhandled Exception in Add-on Signature Verification
Weaknesses CWE-354
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2024-11-26T13:33:59.172Z

Updated: 2024-11-26T13:33:59.172Z

Reserved: 2024-11-25T16:29:33.470Z

Link: CVE-2024-11696

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-11-26T14:15:19.143

Modified: 2024-11-26T14:15:19.143

Link: CVE-2024-11696

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-11-26T13:33:59Z

Links: CVE-2024-11696 - Bugzilla