CVE-2024-5699 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In violation of spec, cookie prefixes such as `__Secure` were being ignored if they were not correctly capitalized - by spec they should be checked with a case-insensitive comparison. This could have resulted in the browser not correctly honoring the behaviors specified by the prefix. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127.

Published: 2024-06-11

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 127

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

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-6862-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00594.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1891349
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Mozilla Mozilla firefox
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
Vendors & Products		Mozilla Mozilla firefox

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-178
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2024-06-11T12:40:18.427Z

Updated: 2024-08-12T17:08:34.616Z

Reserved: 2024-06-06T15:05:36.911Z

Link: CVE-2024-5699

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:06.876Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-11T13:15:51.333

Modified: 2025-04-04T16:30:29.173

Link: CVE-2024-5699

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-178

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