# CVE-2024-0749: Other in Firefox

> Attackers can spoof the origin in the address bar using about: dialogs to facilitate phishing attacks against Firefox and Thunderbird users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0749, GHSA-3568-h36m-7jmf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0749

## What is CVE-2024-0749?

CVE-2024-0749 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 23 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A phishing site could have repurposed an `about:` dialog to show phishing content with an incorrect origin in the address bar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122 and Thunderbird < 115.7.

Weakness: CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0749?

It affects 4 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0749?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-0749 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0749 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0749 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 23 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0749/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0749/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0749
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0749
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0749

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0749/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.