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CVE-2024-5696

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

By manipulating the text in an `&lt;input&gt;` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Mozilla Firefox: before 115.12; before 127.0 — fixed in 115.12, 127.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 115.12 — fixed in 115.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 115.12, 127.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 115.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1896555
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.html
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1896555
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.html
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/

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