A select option could partially obscure security prompts. This could be used by a malicious site to trick a user into granting permissions. *This issue only affects Android versions of Firefox.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A select option could partially obscure security prompts. This could be used by a malicious site to trick     a user into granting permissions. *This issue only affects Android versions of Firefox.* This     vulnerability affects Firefox < 129. (CVE-2024-7523)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202412-06 (Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiers     referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202412-04 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Please review the CVE identifiers     referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202412-13 (Spidermonkey: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Spidermonkey. Please review the CVE identifiers     referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-7f0a88301b advisory.

    Update NSS to 3.103.0     Update to Firefox 129.0

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4fcf85b0ff advisory.

    Update NSS to 3.103.0     Update to Firefox 129.0

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 129.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2024-33 advisory.

  - Incorrect garbage collection interaction could have led to a use-after-free. (CVE-2024-7530)

  - Insufficient checks when processing graphics shared memory could have led to memory corruption. This could     be leveraged by an attacker to perform a sandbox escape. (CVE-2024-7519)

  - Select options could obscure the fullscreen notification dialog. This could be used by a malicious site to     perform a spoofing attack. (CVE-2024-7518)

  - A type confusion bug in WebAssembly could be leveraged by an attacker to potentially achieve code     execution. (CVE-2024-7520)

  - Incomplete WebAssembly exception handing could have led to a use-after-free. (CVE-2024-7521)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 129.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2024-33 advisory.

  - Incorrect garbage collection interaction could have led to a use-after-free. (CVE-2024-7530)

  - Insufficient checks when processing graphics shared memory could have led to memory corruption. This could     be leveraged by an attacker to perform a sandbox escape. (CVE-2024-7519)

  - Select options could obscure the fullscreen notification dialog. This could be used by a malicious site to     perform a spoofing attack. (CVE-2024-7518)

  - A type confusion bug in WebAssembly could be leveraged by an attacker to potentially achieve code     execution. (CVE-2024-7520)

  - Incomplete WebAssembly exception handing could have led to a use-after-free. (CVE-2024-7521)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
247471	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-7523	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
212189	GLSA-202412-06 : Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
212185	GLSA-202412-04 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
212179	GLSA-202412-13 : Spidermonkey: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
205380	Fedora 40 : firefox / nss (2024-7f0a88301b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
205378	Fedora 39 : firefox / nss (2024-4fcf85b0ff)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
205010	Mozilla Firefox < 129.0	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	critical
205009	Mozilla Firefox < 129.0	Nessus	Windows	Local	critical

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