Check Point Advisories

Mozilla Multiple Products Use After Free (CVE-2024-9680)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-0981
Date Published:	21 Oct 2024
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 21 October, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-9680
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Mozilla Firefox prior to 131.0.2 Mozilla Firefox ESR prior to 115.16.1 Mozilla Firefox ESR 128.0 to 128.3.1 Mozilla Thunderbird prior to 115.16.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 128.0.1 to 128.3.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 131.0
Vulnerability Description	A use-after-free vulnerability exists in multiple Mozilla products. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Mozilla Multiple Products Use After Free (CVE-2024-9680) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Mozilla Multiple Products Use After Free (CVE-2024-9680)