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CVE-2024-9680

Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability

An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines. We have had reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131.0.2, Firefox ESR < 128.3.1, Firefox ESR < 115.16.1, Thunderbird < 131.0.1, Thunderbird < 128.3.1, and Thunderbird < 115.16.0.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.30808 Ransomware: known
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • Linked to known ransomware campaigns
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules11 YARA rules0

Required Remediation

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Threat Actors Linked

1
actorRomCom

Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

7
mozilla firefox< 115.16.1
mozilla firefox>= 128.1.0 and < 128.3.1
mozilla thunderbird>= 128.0.1 and < 128.3.1
debian linuxall versions

Sigma Hunt Rules

11
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
relatedcriticalAntivirus Password Dumper Detection
relatedcriticalHacktool Execution - Imphash
relatedcriticalHackTool - Rubeus Execution
relatedcriticalPotential Credential Dumping Via LSASS Process Clone
relatedcriticalWCE wceaux.dll Access

Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · security@mozilla.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD09 Oct 2024 · 01:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

30
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
rhsaRHSA-2024:9552Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:9554Important
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2024:3731-1
rhsaRHSA-2024:8176Important
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