CVE-2024-0751 — Improper Privilege Management in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege ManagementCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation14 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 23
Latest updateMar 4

Description

A malicious devtools extension could have been used to escalate privileges. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122, Firefox ESR < 115.7, and Thunderbird < 115.7.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 122
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 122.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 115.7
▶NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 115.7
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 122.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2024-03-04
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OSV
firefox regressions↗2024-02-07
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-01-29
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CVEList
CVE-2024-0751: A malicious devtools extension could have been used to escalate privileges↗2024-01-23
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OSV
CVE-2024-0751: A malicious devtools extension could have been used to escalate privileges↗2024-01-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2024-03-04
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-01-29
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Privilege escalation through devtools↗2024-01-23
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Debian
CVE-2024-0751: firefox - A malicious devtools extension could have been used to escalate privileges. This...↗2024
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-04: CVE-2024-0751↗
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