Reversible One-Way Hash in Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-4765
Published: May 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89551
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4765
CWE-ID: CWE-328
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of another application.
The vulnerability exists due to browser stored web application manifests using an insecure MD5 hash, which allows for a hash collision to overwrite another application's manifest. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code in the context of another application.
Affected software
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
www-client/firefox
firefox
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
www-client/firefox
firefox
How to mitigate CVE-2024-4765
Install updates from vendor's website.
Firefox for Android - update to 126.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox - addressed in versions 126.0-5.fc38, 126.0-5.fc39, 126.0-5.fc40
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox - addressed in versions 126.0-5.fc38, 126.0-5.fc39, 126.0-5.fc40