Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2024-5700
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi (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-2024-5700?
- CVE-2024-5700 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-786. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2024-5700?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.