CVE-2024-5690

By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883693	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.html	Mailing List
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883693	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.html	Mailing List
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-06-11 13:15

Updated : 2025-03-26 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-5690

Mitre link : CVE-2024-5690

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-5690

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mozilla

firefox
thunderbird
firefox_esr

CWE

CWE-203

Observable Discrepancy

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