critical9.8Known exploited
CVE-2024-9680
Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2024-10-15. Federal due date: 2024-11-05.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 115.16.1 before 131.0.2 from 128.1.0 before 128.3.1 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 115.16.0 from 128.0.1 before 128.3.1 Version 131.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 11.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1923344
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-52/
- https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=281992
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00006.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-9680