Vulnerability · Published Jun 11, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2024-5701

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-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 48% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126. 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 < 127.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs102no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-5701
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSmozjs102no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-5701
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs78no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-5701
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs91no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-5701

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – before 127

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

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