CVE-2024-4778

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

04 Apr 2025, 14:26

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1838834%2C1889291%2C1889595%2C1890204%2C1891545 -~~	() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1838834%2C1889291%2C1889595%2C1890204%2C1891545 - Issue Tracking
References	~~() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/ -~~	() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/ - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
First Time		Mozilla Mozilla firefox

Information

Published : 2024-05-14 18:15

Updated : 2025-04-04 14:26

NVD link : CVE-2024-4778

Mitre link : CVE-2024-4778

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-4778

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

CWE

CWE-1260

Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges

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