What is CVE-2024-4772?

CVE-2024-4772 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-4772?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-4772 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2024-4772

An HTTP digest authentication nonce value was generated using `rand()` which could lead to predictable values. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126.

EPSS: 0.002 (12.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-338 — Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

security@mozilla.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4772?: CVE-2024-4772 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-4772?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-4772 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.