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CVE-2024-10459 (GCVE-0-2024-10459)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-29 12:19 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:51
VLAI
Summary
An attacker could have caused a use-after-free when accessibility was enabled, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Firefox ESR < 115.17, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-31 17:42 UTC
CWE
  • Use-after-free in layout with accessibility
  • CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 132 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 128.4 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 115.17 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 128.4 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 132 (custom)
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Credits
Tyson Smith
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