PT-2024-5899 · Mozilla+4 · Firefox+4

Andrew Mccreight · Published 2024-09-03 · Updated 2024-12-27 · CVE-2024-8389

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 130

Description The issue is related to memory safety bugs present in Firefox, which showed evidence of memory corruption. It is presumed that with enough effort, these bugs could be exploited to run arbitrary code, allowing a remote attacker to execute malicious code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 130, update to version 130 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive features or modules in Firefox until the update is applied.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2024-13895

ALT-PU-2024-15839

BDU:2024-06702

CVE-2024-8389

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14358-1

USN-6992-1

USN-6992-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Firefox

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 47

• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14358-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8384 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6992-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2025-0114SE18MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8382 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6992-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2024-1108SE17MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8389 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8389 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/#CVE-2024-8389 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8389 · Vendor Advisory