CVE-2024-4765Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 14

Description

Web application manifests were stored by using an insecure MD5 hash which allowed for a hash collision to overwrite another application's manifest. This could have been exploited to run arbitrary code in another application's context. *This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified126
NVDmozilla/firefox< 126.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2024-4765: Web application manifests were stored by using an insecure MD5 hash which allowed for a hash collision to overwrite another application's manifest2024-05-14
GHSA
GHSA-vp32-xxhm-ppgv: Web application manifests were stored by using an insecure MD5 hash which allowed for a hash collision to overwrite another application's manifest2024-05-14

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2024-4765: firefox - Web application manifests were stored by using an insecure MD5 hash which allowe...2024
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-21: CVE-2024-4765
CVE-2024-4765 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase