Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,115.15)[,128.2)
Threat Intelligence
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- published4 Sept 2024
- disclosed3 Sept 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 3 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-8383 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 115.15, 128.2 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions due to the improper handling of news: and snews: URL schemes. An attacker can launch arbitrary applications on the user's system by tricking the user into downloading a malicious application that registers itself as the default handler for these schemes.