8.4
HIGH
CVE-2024-29944
Mozilla Firefox Privileged Object Event Handler Injection Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 22, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 27, 2024, 6:35 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.5
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-29944 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-29944 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-29944.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/23/1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886852
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00028.html
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-15/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-16/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Born at : July 14, 2023, 1:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 16 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-29944 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-29944 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Mozilla Corporation http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/23/1 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Mozilla Corporation https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00028.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1 and Firefox ESR < 115.9.1. 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.
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1 and Firefox ESR < 115.9.1.
    Added Reference Mozilla Corporation https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886852 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Mozilla Corporation https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-15/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Mozilla Corporation https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-16/ [No types assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-29944 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-29944 weaknesses.

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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