CVE-2024-11697 (GCVE-0-2024-11697)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-26 13:33 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
When handling keypress events, an attacker may have been able to trick a user into bypassing the "Open Executable File?" confirmation dialog. This could have led to malicious code execution. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.5, Thunderbird < 133, and Thunderbird < 128.5.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-27 15:26 UTC
CWE
- Improper Keypress Handling in Executable File Confirmation Dialog
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
7 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 133
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128.5
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 133
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128.5
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| mozilla | firefox |
Affected:
0 , < 133
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| mozilla | firefox_esr |
Affected:
0 , < 128.5
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| mozilla | thunderbird |
Affected:
0 , < 133
(custom)
Affected: 0 , < 128.5 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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