CVE-2024-29944 (GCVE-0-2024-29944)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-03-22 12:55
Modified
2025-03-14 15:08
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privileged JavaScript Execution via Event Handlers
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 124.0.1
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