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CVE-2024-3859

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

On 32-bit versions there were integer-overflows that led to an out-of-bounds-read that potentially could be triggered by a malformed OpenType font. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 125, Firefox ESR < 115.10, and Thunderbird < 115.10.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Mozilla Firefox: before 115.10; before 125.0 — fixed in 115.10, 125.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 115.10 — fixed in 115.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 115.10, 125.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 115.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1874489
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00012.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00013.html
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-18/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-19/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-20/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1874489
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00012.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00013.html
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-18/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-19/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-20/

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