Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <131.0.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
23.18% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-FIREFOX-17764045
  • published1 Jul 2026
  • disclosed9 Oct 2024

Introduced: 9 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-9680  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard firefox to version 131.0.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines. We have had reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131.0.2, Firefox ESR < 128.3.1, Firefox ESR < 115.16.1, Thunderbird < 131.0.1, Thunderbird < 128.3.1, and Thunderbird < 115.16.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1