CVE-2024-8381
mozilla: Type confusion when looking up a property name in a "with" block
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
36Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
A potentially exploitable type confusion could be triggered when looking up a property name on an object being used as the `with` environment. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
A potentially exploitable type confusion could be triggered when looking up a property name on an object being used as the `with` environment. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.
The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory: A potentially exploitable type confusion could be triggered when looking up a property name on an object being used as the with environment.
USN-6992-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. Nils Bars discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion vulnerability when performing certain property name lookups. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during garbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. Seunghyun Lee discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion vulnerability when handling certain ArrayTypes. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
Timeline
- 2024-09-03 CVE Reserved
- 2024-09-03 CVE Published
- 2024-09-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-02-05 First Exploit
- 2025-03-28 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
- CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CAPEC
References (9)
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