CVE-2024-11704: Potential double-free vulnerability in PKCS#7 decryption handling in Mozilla Firefox
A double-free issue could have occurred in `sec_pkcs7_decoder_start_decrypt()` when handling an error path. Under specific conditions, the same symmetric key could have been freed twice, potentially leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Thunderbird < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.7, and Thunderbird < 128.7.
CVE-2024-11704: Potential double-free vulnerability in PKCS#7 decryption handling in Mozilla Firefox
Description
A double-free issue could have occurred in `sec_pkcs7_decoder_start_decrypt()` when handling an error path. Under specific conditions, the same symmetric key could have been freed twice, potentially leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Thunderbird < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.7, and Thunderbird < 128.7.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2024-11-25T16:29:45.930Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69092147fe7723195e054077
Added to database: 11/3/2025, 9:40:23 PM
Last updated: 11/3/2025, 9:41:58 PM
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