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CVE-2024-5696

By manipulating the text in an `<input>` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 0.81%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

By manipulating the text in an `&lt;input&gt;` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

CVSS 3.1
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS
0.81% probability · 55th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.