CVE-2024-8383 (GCVE-0-2024-8383)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-03 12:32
Modified
2024-10-30 16:50
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1908496Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 130
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   Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 128.2
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   Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 115.15
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