Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2024-0744

Vulnerability identifier: #VU85710

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0744

CWE-ID: CWE-822

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists die to an untrusted pointer dereference in JIT compiled code. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-flatpak
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 122.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 122.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 122.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox-flatpak - update to 122.0-1
firefox - addressed in versions 122.0-1.fc38, 122.0-1.fc39
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-01/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR
• Fedora 39 Flatpaks update for firefox-flatpak
• Fedora 38 update for firefox
• Fedora 39 update for firefox
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for firefox
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for firefox