Vulnerability · Published Mar 22, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2024-29944
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw 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 4.7% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process. Note: This vulnerability affects Desktop Firefox only, it does not affect mobile versions of Firefox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1 and Firefox ESR < 115.9.1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | firefox | 115.9.1-1.el8_9.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1484 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | firefox | 115.9.1-1.el9_3.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1485 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | firefox-x11 | 115.9.1-1.el9_3.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1485 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | mozjs | 115.9.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | mozjs | 115.9.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | mozjs | 115.9.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | mozjs | 115.9.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | mozjs115 | 115.9.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 115.9.1esr-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5645-1 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 115.9.1esr-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Debian:13 | firefox-esr | 115.9.1esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Debian:14 | firefox-esr | 115.9.1esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | firefox | 0:115.9.1-1.el8_9 | RLSA-2024:1484 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs102 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | mozjs102 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs78 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29944 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs91 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29944 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | unspecified – before 124.0.1 |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified – before 115.9.1 |
Weakness: CWE-830 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H