Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting firefox package, versions <0:115.9.1-1.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-6484029
  • published26 Mar 2024
  • disclosed22 Mar 2024

Introduced: 22 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-29944  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:115.9.1-1.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1490.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process. Note: This vulnerability affects Desktop Firefox only, it does not affect mobile versions of Firefox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1 and Firefox ESR < 115.9.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1