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CVE-2024-2605

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-19 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An attacker could have leveraged the Windows Error Reporter to run arbitrary code on the system escaping the sandbox. *Note:* This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 115.9.0; before 124.0 — fixed in 115.9.0, 124.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 115.9.0 — fixed in 115.9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 115.9.0, 124.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 115.9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1872920
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-12/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-13/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-14/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1872920
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-12/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-13/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-14/

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