CVE-2024-53975 Accessing a non-secure HTTP site that uses a non-existent port may cause the SSL padlock icon in the location URL bar to, misleadingly, appear secure.
Medium 5.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53975 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-53975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 26 Nov 2024.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53975 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. 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-2024-53975/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53975/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-53975?
CVE-2024-53975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 26 Nov 2024.
Official description
Accessing a non-secure HTTP site that uses a non-existent port may cause the SSL padlock icon in the location URL bar to, misleadingly, appear secure. This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 133.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53975?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2024-53975?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53975 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-53975 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53975 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jxv2-pgjw-vg3v.