# CVE-2024-29944: Code injection in Firefox

> An attacker can inject event handlers into privileged objects to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the parent process of desktop Firefox.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29944, DSA-5645-1, GHSA-cm37-53wc-mx6g, OESA-2024-2063, SUSE-SU-2024:1000-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29944

## What is CVE-2024-29944?

CVE-2024-29944 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 22 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process. Note: This vulnerability affects Desktop Firefox only, it does not affect mobile versions of Firefox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124.0.1 and Firefox ESR < 115.9.1.

Weakness: CWE-830 (Inclusion of Web Functionality from an Untrusted Source)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29944?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `MozillaFirefox` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 115.9.1-112.206.1 |
| `MozillaFirefox` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 115.9.1-112.206.1 |
| `MozillaFirefox` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | All versions | 115.9.1-112.206.1 |

Products: Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29944?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-29944 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29944 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29944 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29944 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 22 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29944 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-2024-29944/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29944/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29944
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29944
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29944

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29944/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.