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.
EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox_esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (Mailing List)
- security@mozilla.org (Mailing List)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (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.