CVE-2024-5702 Use after free in Firefox
A use-after-free vulnerability in the networking stack allows attackers to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-5702?
CVE-2024-5702 is a high-severity use after free 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
Memory corruption in the networking stack could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 125, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5702?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5702?
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-2024-5702 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5702 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5702, GHSA-gc3q-f2fq-g2xq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5702.