CVEs / CVE-2024-9680
CVE-2024-9680: Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 15 Oct 2024
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 23.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR contain a use-after-free vulnerability in Animation timelines that allows for code execution in the content process.
Description
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 and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | from unspecified, before 131.0.2 | 131.0.2 |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | from unspecified, before 128.3.1 | 128.3.1 |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | from unspecified, before 115.16.1 | 115.16.1 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | from unspecified, before 131.0.1 | 131.0.1 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | from unspecified, before 128.3.1 | 128.3.1 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | from unspecified, before 115.16.0 | 115.16.0 |
| mozilla firefox | before 131.0.2 | 131.0.2 |
| mozilla firefox_esr | before 128.3.1 | 128.3.1 |
| mozilla firefox_esr | before 115.16.1 | 115.16.1 |
| mozilla thunderbird | before 131.0.1 | 131.0.1 |
| mozilla thunderbird | before 128.3.1 | 128.3.1 |
| mozilla thunderbird | before 115.16.0 | 115.16.0 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 15 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 5 Nov 2024 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Known |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
References
- CVE-2024-9680 on NVD
- CVE-2024-9680 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/ (cited by CISA)
- CVE-2024-9680 on OSV
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1923344 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039 Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-52/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=281992 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00005.html Mailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00006.html Mailing List
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-9680 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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