Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2024-6601
A race condition could lead to a cross-origin container obtaining permissions of the top-level origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128, Firefox ESR < 115.13, Thunderbird < 115.13, and Thunderbird < 128.
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-6601?
- CVE-2024-6601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-07-09.
- How severe is CVE-2024-6601?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-6601 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.