CVE-2024-9680: Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Known.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines. We have had reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131.0.2, Firefox ESR < 128.3.1, Firefox ESR < 115.16.1, Thunderbird < 131.0.1, Thunderbird < 128.3.1, and Thunderbird < 115.16.0.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
mozilla: firefoxmozilla: firefox_esrmozilla: thunderbirdMozilla: FirefoxMozilla: Firefox ESRMozilla: Thunderbird
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039 (opens in new tab)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/ (opens in new tab)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-52/ (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)