CVE-2024-5690Observable Discrepancy in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.1
EPSS
3.7%
top 12.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateJul 3

Description

By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages9 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified127
NVDmozilla/firefox< 127.0
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified115.12
NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 115.12
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 127.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2024-07-03
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2024-06-19
CVEList
CVE-2024-5690: By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system2024-06-11
GHSA
GHSA-3fxj-qpxv-j6qj: By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system2024-06-11
OSV
CVE-2024-5690: By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system2024-06-11

📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2024-07-03
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2024-06-19
Microsoft
By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ES2024-06-11
Red Hat
Mozilla: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack2024-06-11
Debian
CVE-2024-5690: firefox - By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed w...2024
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