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CVE-2024-29944

CVE-2024-29944 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.4 HIGH

Reported by mozilla · Published March 22, 2024

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.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
firefox-esrChainguard115.9.1-r0
mozjs115Alpine115.9.1-r0
firefox-esrAlpine115.9.1-r0
mozjsAlpine115.9.1-r0
FirefoxMozilla124.0.1, 124, 115.9.1
firefox_esrmozilla115.9.1
Firefox ESRMozilla115.9.1

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefoxunspecified
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified
chainguardfirefox-esr0
MozillaFirefox*
alpinemozjs1150
alpinefirefox-esr0
mozillafirefox0
alpinemozjs0
mozillafirefox_esr0
MozillaFirefox ESR*

Timeline

  • Mar 22, 2024 CVE Published
  • Mar 23, 2024 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Oct 4, 2024 Coalition ESS Score (16 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 14, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Jun 2, 2026 Security Advisory (13 in total, the first dated here)
  • Aug 10, 2026 Distribution Patch (10 in total, the first dated here)

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