Mozilla Addresses Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Firefox

CVE-2024-10464

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Mozilla
Status
Firefox
Firefox Esr
Thunderbird
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 October 2024

Summary

Repeated writes to history interface attributes could have been used to cause a Denial of Service condition in the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to this API. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.

Affected Version(s)

Firefox < 132

Firefox ESR < 128.4

Thunderbird < 128.4

Refferences

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1913000
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-55/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-56/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-58/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-59/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Andrei Enache
.