Client crash via unchecked TLS send length
Published Jan 23, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
NSS TLS code in Firefox before 122, Firefox ESR before 115.9, and Thunderbird before 115.9 allows remote attackers to crash the client. ssl_SendSavedWriteData accepts an ssl_DefSend return larger than pendingBuf.len, subtracts it from the unsigned length, and passes an invalid offset and size to memmove. No authentication or user interaction is required; a remote TLS peer can trigger the out-of-bounds access, with the established impact limited to a client crash.
Summary
What happened
NSS TLS code in Firefox before 122, Firefox ESR before 115.9, and Thunderbird before 115.9 allows remote attackers to crash the client. ssl_SendSavedWriteData accepts an ssl_DefSend return larger than pendingBuf.len, subtracts it from the unsigned length, and passes an invalid offset and size to memmove. No authentication or user interaction is required; a remote TLS peer can trigger the out-of-bounds access, with the established impact limited to a client crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0743
- Published
- Jan 23, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- CWE-252, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 23, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <122
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