An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object
that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process.
Note: This vulnerability affects Desktop Firefox only, it does not affect
mobile versions of Firefox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1
and Firefox ESR < 115.9.1.
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
mdeslaur | starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | firefox | < 124.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs102 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | mozjs102 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mozjs38 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mozjs52 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mozjs52 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mozjs68 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs78 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs91 | < any | UNKNOWN |
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886852
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-29944
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29944
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-29944
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6710-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29944
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-15/
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-16/