Reliance on undefined behavior in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2024-9936

 

Reliance on undefined behavior in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2024-9936

Published: October 14, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98508
CSH Severity:
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9936
CWE-ID: CWE-758
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to undefined behavior in selection node cache. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-9936

Install updates from vendor's website.

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