CVE-2024-11697 (GCVE-0-2024-11697)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-26 13:33 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:52
VLAI
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Improper Keypress Handling in Executable File Confirmation Dialog
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 133 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 128.5 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 133 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 128.5 (custom)
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mozilla firefox Affected: 0 , < 133 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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mozilla firefox_esr Affected: 0 , < 128.5 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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mozilla thunderbird Affected: 0 , < 133 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 128.5 (custom)
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Credits
Umar Farooq
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