CVE-2024-5690

Published: Jun 11, 2024Modified: Mar 26, 2025

4.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: NVD

Description

By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

Affected (4)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox, Firefox Esr, Thunderbird · Debian: Debian Linux

3 products

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Before 127.0
Mozilla Firefox Esr	Before 115.12
Mozilla Thunderbird	Before 115.12

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 10.0

Related CWEs

CWE-203

Observable Discrepancy

The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

References (12)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883693

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue TrackingPermissions Required

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883693