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CVE-2024-4772 (GCVE-0-2024-4772)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-14 17:21 – Updated: 2024-11-20 15:25
VLAI
Summary
An HTTP digest authentication nonce value was generated using `rand()` which could lead to predictable values. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-20 15:24 UTC
CWE
  • Use of insecure rand() function to generate nonce
  • CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 126 (custom)
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mozilla firefox Affected: 0 , < 126 (custom)
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Credits
Hanno Böck
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