Description
By generally accepting and passing resource handles across processes, a compromised content process might have confused higher privileged processes to interact with handles that the unprivileged process should not have access to.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows and MacOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | unspecified – < 96 | 96 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 96.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11732-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | firefox +1 | 97.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | firefox +1 | 97.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | firefox +1 | 97.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.17 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | — |
Advisories 4
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11732-1 MozillaFirefox-96.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- WID-SEC-2023-0839 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 6, 2025
- WID-SEC-2022-0611 Mozilla Firefox und Thunderbird: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Feb 15, 2023