CVE-2024-5690 — Observable Discrepancy in Mozilla

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	firefox	< firefox 127.0-1 (sid)	firefox 127.0-1 (sid)
debian	firefox-esr	< firefox 127.0-1 (sid)	firefox 127.0-1 (sid)
debian	thunderbird	< firefox 127.0-1 (sid)	firefox 127.0-1 (sid)
mozilla	firefox	< 127.0	127.0
mozilla	firefox	—	—
mozilla	firefox	>= 0 < 127.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	127.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
mozilla	firefox	>= unspecified < 127	127
mozilla	firefox_esr	< 115.12	115.12
mozilla	firefox_esr	>= unspecified < 115.12	115.12
mozilla	thunderbird	< 115.12	115.12
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1	1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1	1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:115.12.0-1	1:115.12.0-1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:115.12.0-1	1:115.12.0-1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1	1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= unspecified < 115.12	115.12
msrc	azl3_mozjs_102.15.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0	—	—

Ubuntu

Firefox vulnerabilities

vendor_ubuntu·2024-07-03·CVSS 8.1

CVE-2024-5693 [HIGH] Firefox vulnerabilities Title: Firefox vulnerabilities Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Firefox. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-5689, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698, CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5701) Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during garbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-5688) Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in the JavaScript en

Ubuntu

Thunderbird vulnerabilities

vendor_ubuntu·2024-06-19·CVSS 8.1

CVE-2024-5688 [HIGH] Thunderbird vulnerabilities Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird. Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing, or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702) Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly validate the X-Frame-Options header inside sandboxed iframe. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window. (CVE-2024-5691) Kirtikumar Anandrao Ramchandani discovered that Thunderbird did

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 ES

vendor_msrc·2024-06-11·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2024-5690 [MEDIUM] CWE-203 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 ES 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 Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this. M

Red Hat

Mozilla: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack

vendor_redhat·2024-06-11·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2024-5690 [MEDIUM] CWE-385 Mozilla: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack Mozilla: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack 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. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. Statement: Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory. Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope

Debian

CVE-2024-5690: firefox - By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed w...

vendor_debian·2024·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2024-5690 [MEDIUM] CVE-2024-5690: firefox - By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed w... 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. Scope: local sid: resolved (fixed in 127.0-1)

Mozilla

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-25: CVE-2024-5690

vendor_mozilla·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2024-5690 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-25: CVE-2024-5690 Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-25 CVE: CVE-2024-5690 Product: Firefox Impact: high Fixed in: Firefox 127

Mozilla

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-28: CVE-2024-5690

vendor_mozilla·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2024-5690 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-28: CVE-2024-5690 Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-28 CVE: CVE-2024-5690 Product: Thunderbird Impact: high Fixed in: Thunderbird 115.12

Mozilla

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-26: CVE-2024-5690

vendor_mozilla·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2024-5690 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-26: CVE-2024-5690 Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-26 CVE: CVE-2024-5690 Product: Firefox ESR Impact: high Fixed in: Firefox ESR 115.12

OSV

firefox vulnerabilities

osv·2024-07-03·CVSS 8.1

CVE-2024-5689 [HIGH] firefox vulnerabilities firefox vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-5689, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698, CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5701) Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during garbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-5688) Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in the JavaScript engine. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to obtain

OSV

thunderbird vulnerabilities

osv·2024-06-19·CVSS 8.1

CVE-2024-5688 [HIGH] thunderbird vulnerabilities thunderbird vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing, or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702) Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly validate the X-Frame-Options header inside sandboxed iframe. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window. (CVE-2024-5691) Kirtikumar Anandrao Ramchandani discovered that Thunderbird did not properly track cross-origin tainting in Offscreen Canvas. An att

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 system

ghsa_unreviewed·2024-06-11

CVE-2024-5690 [MEDIUM] CWE-203 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 system 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 and Firefox ESR < 115.12.

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 system

osv·2024-06-11·CVSS 4.3

CVE-2024-5690 [MEDIUM] 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 system 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.

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 system. This…

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