CVE-2024-8385 Memory corruption in Firefox

What is CVE-2024-8385?

CVE-2024-8385 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

A difference in the handling of StructFields and ArrayTypes in WASM could be used to trigger an exploitable type confusion vulnerability. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 128.2.

Weakness: CWE-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8385?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8385?

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-2024-8385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8385 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8385, GHSA-j3m3-gfhr-jmqf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8385.