Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2024-1557

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 122. 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 < 123.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs102no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1557
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSmozjs102no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1557
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs78no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1557
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs91no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-1557

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – before 123

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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