Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2024-29944
An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process. Note: This vulnerability affects Desktop Firefox only, it does not affect mobile versions of Firefox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1 and Firefox ESR < 115.9.1.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.047 (91.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-15/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-16/ (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00028.html (Mailing List)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/23/1 (Mailing List)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-29944?
- CVE-2024-29944 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-830. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-03-22.
- How severe is CVE-2024-29944?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-29944 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.