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CVE-2024-0744 (GCVE-0-2024-0744)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-23 13:48 – Updated: 2024-09-10 19:57
VLAI
Summary
In some circumstances, JIT compiled code could have dereferenced a wild pointer value. This could have led to an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-10 19:54 UTC
CWE
  • Wild pointer dereference in JavaScript
  • CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 122 (custom)
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Credits
Lukas Bernhard
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