CVE-2024-4778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 125. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126.

Published: 2024-05-14

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 126

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-6779-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00441.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1838834%2C1889291%2C1889595%2C1890204%2C1891545
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Mozilla Mozilla firefox
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
Vendors & Products		Mozilla Mozilla firefox

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2024-05-14T17:21:27.420Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:55:08.737Z

Reserved: 2024-05-10T17:37:25.581Z

Link: CVE-2024-4778

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:55:08.737Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-14T18:15:16.720

Modified: 2026-06-17T08:02:53.340

Link: CVE-2024-4778

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-1260
Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges

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