Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2024-5690
By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.html (Mailing List)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.html (Mailing List)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-5690?
- CVE-2024-5690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2024-5690?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.