CVE-2024-0752 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A use-after-free crash could have occurred on macOS if a Firefox update were being applied on a very busy system. This could have resulted in an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122.

Published: 2024-01-23

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 122

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00121.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1866840
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0752
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0752
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-01/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2024-01-23T13:48:22.310Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T19:04:39.738Z

Reserved: 2024-01-19T16:52:26.451Z

Link: CVE-2024-0752

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:18:18.341Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T14:15:38.693

Modified: 2025-06-20T19:15:30.397

Link: CVE-2024-0752

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-01-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-0752 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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