CVE-2024-7520 (GCVE-0-2024-7520)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-06 12:38
Modified
2025-03-24 16:39
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Type confusion in WebAssembly
Summary
A type confusion bug in WebAssembly could be leveraged by an attacker to potentially achieve code execution. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129, Firefox ESR < 128.1, and Thunderbird < 128.1.
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Impacted products
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Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 129
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   Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 128.1
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