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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.16.1

critical Nessus Plugin ID 208448

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 115.16.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2024-51 advisory.

 - 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.
 (CVE-2024-9680)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 115.16.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 208448

File Name: mozilla_firefox_115_16_1_esr.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/9/2024

Updated: 10/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9680

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9680

IAVA: 2024-A-0641