CVE-2024-4765

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-327

Description

Web application manifests were stored by using an insecure MD5 hash which allowed for a hash collision to overwrite another application's manifest. This could have been exploited to run arbitrary code in another application's context. *This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: before 126.0 — fixed in 126.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 126.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1871109
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1871109
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/

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