CVE-2024-5687 Security feature bypass in Firefox

What is CVE-2024-5687?

CVE-2024-5687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 11 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

If a specific sequence of actions is performed when opening a new tab, the triggering principal associated with the new tab may have been incorrect. The triggering principal is used to calculate many values, including the `Referer` and `Sec-*` headers, meaning there is the potential for incorrect security checks within the browser in addition to incorrect or misleading information sent to remote websites. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5687?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5687?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-5687 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4c8g-9w4h-h6xm.