Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2024-8381
A potentially exploitable type confusion could be triggered when looking up a property name on an object being used as the `with` environment. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-43/
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-44/
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- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-8381?
- CVE-2024-8381 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-03.
- How severe is CVE-2024-8381?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-8381 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.