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Mozilla Firefox < 128.0

high Nessus Plugin ID 202018

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X 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: 202018

File Name: macos_firefox_128_0.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: macosx

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