CVE-2024-4765 Weak cryptography in Firefox
Insecure MD5 hashing in Firefox for Android allows hash collisions to overwrite manifests, enabling arbitrary code execution in another application's context.
- 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-2024-4765?
CVE-2024-4765 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 14 May 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-327
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4765?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4765?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-4765 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4765 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vp32-xxhm-ppgv.