CVE-2024-7520 (GCVE-0-2024-7520)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-06 12:38 – Updated: 2025-03-24 16:39
VLAI
Summary
A type confusion bug in WebAssembly could be leveraged by an attacker to potentially achieve code execution. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129, Firefox ESR < 128.1, and Thunderbird < 128.1.
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
  • Type confusion in WebAssembly
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 129 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 128.1 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 128.1 (custom)
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mozilla firefox_esr Affected: 0 , < 128.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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mozilla firefox Affected: 0 , < 129 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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mozilla thunderbird Affected: 0 , < 128.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Nan Wang
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