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CVE-2024-29944: An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process....

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-29944

Affected Products

Vendor: Mozilla

Product: Firefox

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 18.98% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886852
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-15/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-16/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00028.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/23/1

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