CVE-2024-8384 Memory corruption in Firefox
A garbage collector flaw in Firefox and Thunderbird allows memory corruption via OOM conditions, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-8384?
CVE-2024-8384 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 3 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The JavaScript garbage collector could mis-color cross-compartment objects if OOM conditions were detected at the right point between two passes. This could have led to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8384?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8384?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-8384 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8384 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8384, GHSA-6q4m-8cmc-2222, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8384.