Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2024-9936
When manipulating the selection node cache, an attacker may have been able to cause unexpected behavior, potentially leading to an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131.0.3.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-9936?
- CVE-2024-9936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-9936?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-9936 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.