CVE-2024-9680

Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Act

*SSVC

Descriptions

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, and Firefox ESR < 115.16.1.

A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Firefox and Thunderbird. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories state: An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines.

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.

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

*Credits: Damien Schaeffer from ESET

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Act

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-10-09 CVE Reserved
2024-10-09 CVE Published
2024-10-15 Exploited in Wild
2024-10-17 First Exploit
2024-11-05 KEV Due Date
2024-11-18 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1923344
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-52

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/tdonaworth/Firefox-CVE-2024-9680	2024-10-17
https://github.com/PraiseImafidon/Version_Vulnerability_Scanner	2025-01-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9680	2024-11-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317442	2024-11-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				*		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				*		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				*		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Aus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel E4s Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel E4s"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Eus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Tus"				*		-		Affected
Alma Search vendor "Alma"		Linux Search vendor "Alma" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Amazon Search vendor "Amazon"		Linux Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				*		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				*		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				*		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				*		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				*		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Aus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel E4s Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel E4s"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Els Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Els"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Eus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Tus"				*		-		Affected
Rocky Search vendor "Rocky"		Linux Search vendor "Rocky" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Slackware Search vendor "Slackware"		Slackware Linux Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Packagehub Search vendor "Suse" for product "Packagehub"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-module-desktop-applications Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-module-desktop-applications"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-sdk Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-sdk"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-we Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-we"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc-espos Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc-espos"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc-ltss Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc-ltss"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sled Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sled"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles-ltss Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles-ltss"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles Sap Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles Sap"				*		-		Affected