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CVE-2024-9680

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2024-10-09 Modified 2026-08-04 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR contain a use-after-free vulnerability in Animation timelines that allows for code execution in the content process.

Added to KEV
2024-10-15
Remediation due
2024-11-05
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9680
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-10-09
Last modified
2026-08-04
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-416

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 configurations

• mozilla firefox (< 115.16.1) • mozilla firefox (< 131.0.2) • mozilla firefox (>= 128.1.0 < 128.3.1) • mozilla thunderbird (< 115.16.0) • mozilla thunderbird (>= 128.0.1 < 128.3.1) • mozilla thunderbird 131.0 • debian debian linux 11.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References