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Mozilla Firefox < 128.0

high Nessus Plugin ID 202017

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 128.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2024-29 advisory.

 - When almost out-of-memory an elliptic curve key which was never allocated could have been freed again.
 (CVE-2024-6609)

 - An error in the ECMA-262 specification relating to Async Generators could have resulted in a type confusion, potentially leading to memory corruption and an exploitable crash. (CVE-2024-7652)

 - Firefox Android allowed immediate interaction with permission prompts. This could be used for tapjacking.
 (CVE-2024-6605)

 - Clipboard code failed to check the index on an array access. This could have led to an out-of-bounds read.
 (CVE-2024-6606)

 - It was possible to prevent a user from exiting pointerlock when pressing escape and to overlay customValidity notifications from a <code><select></code> element over certain permission prompts.
 This could be used to confuse a user into giving a site unintended permissions. (CVE-2024-6607)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 128.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 202017

File Name: mozilla_firefox_128_0.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/9/2024

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6609

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6603, CVE-2024-6604, CVE-2024-6605, CVE-2024-6606, CVE-2024-6607, CVE-2024-6608, CVE-2024-6609, CVE-2024-6610, CVE-2024-6611, CVE-2024-6612, CVE-2024-6613, CVE-2024-6614, CVE-2024-6615, CVE-2024-7652

IAVA: 2024-A-0386-S