Buffer overflow in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2024-5701
Published: June 11, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91751
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5701
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Affected software:
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
www-client/firefox
firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
www-client/firefox
firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-5701
Install updates from vendor's website.