CVE-2024-6609
Memory corruption in NSS
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 9, 2024 at 02:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFirefoxThunderbird
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 128
Affected range stops below 128, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 128.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 128
Affected range stops below 128, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 128.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Issue TrackingPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839258Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00028.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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