Undefined behavior via incorrect float register transfer
Published Feb 20, 2024 · Updated Mar 27, 2025
Incorrect numeric conversion in Mozilla Firefox before 123, Firefox ESR before 115.8, and Thunderbird before 115.8 allows undefined behavior. On 32-bit ARM, the JavaScript engine moveValue path passes a Float32 scratch register where convertFloat32ToDouble requires a double register, then transfers stale s30/s31 contents into a JS value. Crafted JavaScript can reach the faulty JIT path and crash a debug build; Mozilla assessed controlled type confusion as unlikely because the necessary NaN payload is difficult to create.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect numeric conversion in Mozilla Firefox before 123, Firefox ESR before 115.8, and Thunderbird before 115.8 allows undefined behavior. On 32-bit ARM, the JavaScript engine moveValue path passes a Float32 scratch register where convertFloat32ToDouble requires a double register, then transfers stale s30/s31 contents into a JS value. Crafted JavaScript can reach the faulty JIT path and crash a debug build; Mozilla assessed controlled type confusion as unlikely because the necessary NaN payload is difficult to create.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1552
- Published
- Feb 20, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- CWE-681
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <123
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