CVE-2024-10459 Use after free in Firefox
An attacker can trigger a use-after-free crash in Firefox when accessibility is enabled, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-10459?
CVE-2024-10459 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 29 Oct 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
An attacker could have caused a use-after-free when accessibility was enabled, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Firefox ESR < 115.17, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10459?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10459?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2024-10459 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-10459, GHSA-77hv-rqc3-4gm6, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10459.