Summary
Manfred Paul discovered that Firefox did not properly perform bounds
checking during range analysis, leading to an out-of-bounds write
vulnerability. A attacker could use this to cause a denial of service,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-29943)
Manfred Paul discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled MessageManager
listeners under certain circumstances. An attacker who was able to inject
an event handler into a privileged object may have been able to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-29944)
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | firefox | 124.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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Critical 9.8
An attacker was able to perform an out-of-bounds read or write on a JavaScript object by fooling range-based bounds che…
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High 8.4
An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript executio…