Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting Firefox package, versions [,133)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-8441553
  • published27 Nov 2024
  • disclosed26 Nov 2024
  • creditMarco Bonardo

Introduced: 26 Nov 2024

NewCVE-2024-11693  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 133 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection due to the improper handling of .library-ms files. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to download a specially crafted .library-ms file.

Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.

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