CVE-2024-8383
Sept. 6, 2024, 7:15 p.m.
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Products Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| mozilla |
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Description
Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
Weaknesses
Date
Published: Sept. 3, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 6, 2024, 7:15 p.m.
Status : Modified
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
security@mozilla.org
CPEs
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | mozilla | firefox | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | mozilla | firefox_esr | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | mozilla | firefox_esr | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
CVSS Data
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
Exploitability Score
Impact Score
Base Severity
HIGHCVSS Vector String
The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.
View Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N