CVE-2024-8900 (GCVE-0-2024-8900)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-17 18:14 – Updated: 2025-03-18 20:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An attacker could write data to the user's clipboard, bypassing the user prompt, during a certain sequence of navigational events. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129, Firefox ESR < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 128.3.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-18 20:14 UTC
CWE
- Clipboard write permission bypass
- CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 129
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128.3
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128.3
(custom)
|
guessed |
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