CVE-2024-9680 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2024-9680CRITICAL

Mozilla Firefox

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .2318   97.6   YES

AFFECTED
  Product      Versions       Fixed
  Firefox      unspecified –  —
  Firefox ESR  unspecified –  —
  Firefox ESR  unspecified –  —
  Thunderbird  unspecified –  —
  Thunderbird  unspecified –  —
  Thunderbird  unspecified –  —

TIMELINE
  Oct 9   Reserved by mozilla
  Oct 15  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2024-11-05
  Oct 15  Published (CNA: mozilla)

CWE-416 · CNA: mozilla · CVSS v3.1 · 8 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due November 5, 2024

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
October 9, 2024	Reserved	Reserved by mozilla
October 15, 2024	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2024-11-05
October 15, 2024	Published	Published (CNA: mozilla)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 6 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Mozilla	Firefox	—	unspecified	—
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	—	unspecified	—
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	—	unspecified	—
Mozilla	Thunderbird	—	unspecified	—
Mozilla	Thunderbird	—	unspecified	—
Mozilla	Thunderbird	—	unspecified	—

Weaknesses

CWE-416

References (8)

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=281992 [Issue Tracking]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1923344 [Issue Tracking, Permissions Required]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00005.html [Mailing List]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00006.html [Mailing List]
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039 [Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-9680 [US Government Resource]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/ [Vendor Advisory]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-52/ [Vendor Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2024-9680 at cve.org

Vendors: mozilla

Weaknesses: CWE-416

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