CVE-2024-5701 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. 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 0.00666.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1890909%2C1891422%2C1893915%2C1894047%2C1896024
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:00:00 +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-787
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: 2024-06-11T12:40:18.692Z

Updated: 2024-08-12T16:49:31.557Z

Reserved: 2024-06-06T15:05:39.469Z

Link: CVE-2024-5701

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:06.997Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-11T13:15:51.493

Modified: 2025-04-03T00:44:22.550

Link: CVE-2024-5701

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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