VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-11697
When handling keypress events, an attacker may have been able to trick a user into bypassing the "Open Executable File?" confirmation dialog.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.76%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.76% probability · 53th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842187Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-63/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-64/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-67/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-68/Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00029.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.