Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-8389
Published: September 3, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96739
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-2024-8389
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
www-client/firefox
dev-lang/spidermonkey
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
www-client/firefox
dev-lang/spidermonkey
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
firefox (Ubuntu package)
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-2024-8389
Install updates from vendor's website.