Zero-day vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

Use-after-free
CVE-2024-9680

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2024100998 - Remote code execution in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR

Vulnerable component: Mozilla Firefox

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9680

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in Animation timeline. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

External links:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/