7.0
High
CVE-2024-5700 Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitable with local access to the machine, without an account and if a user takes an action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- Interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Firefox 127 | earliest → < 127 | 127 |
| Firefox ESR 115.12 | earliest → < 115.12 | 115.12 |
| Thunderbird 115.12 | earliest → < 115.12 | 115.12 |
| firefox_esr 115.12 | earliest → < 115.12 | 115.12 |
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