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CVE-2024-9398

MEDIUM5.3

By checking the result of calls to `window

Published Oct 1, 2024

Modified 10 months ago

Fix available

Details

By checking the result of calls to window.open with specifically set protocol handlers, an attacker could determine if the application which implements that protocol handler is installed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131, Firefox ESR < 128.3, Thunderbird < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 131.

Affected Packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

131

Ubuntu:16.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

131

Ubuntu:18.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

131

Ubuntu:20.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

131

Ubuntu:22.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

131

Ubuntu:24.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

131

Ubuntu:25.04Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Ubuntu:25.10Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:10240Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:10240Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:14393Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:14393Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:17763Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:17763Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:18362Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:18362Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:18363Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:18363Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:19041Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:19041Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:19042Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:19042Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:19043Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:19043Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:19044Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:19044Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:19045Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:19045Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:20348Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:20348Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:22000Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:22000Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:22621Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:22621Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:22631Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:22631Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:25398Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:25398Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:26100Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:26100Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

Windows:26200Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

131

Windows:26200Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

macOS:14Firefox

Fixed in:

131

macOS:14Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

macOS:15Firefox

Fixed in:

131

macOS:15Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

macOS:26Firefox

Fixed in:

131

macOS:26Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

128.3

References

WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1881037 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9398 WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-46/WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-47/WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-49/WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-50/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

5.3/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Timeline

PublishedOct 1, 2024

ModifiedMar 18, 2025

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