The version of firefox installed on the remote host is prior to 115.13.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2FIREFOX-2024-027 advisory.

    A heap overflow vulnerability exists in libvpx - Encoding a frame that has larger dimensions than the     originally configured size with VP9 may result in a heap overflow in libvpx.We recommend upgrading to     version 1.13.1 or above (CVE-2023-6349)

    By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol     handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR <     115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5690)

    By manipulating the text in an `<input>` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading     to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127 and Firefox ESR < 115.12.
    (CVE-2024-5696)

    A race condition could lead to a cross-origin container obtaining permissions of the top-level origin.
    This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13. (CVE-2024-6601)

    A mismatch between allocator and deallocator could have lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability     affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13. (CVE-2024-6602)

    In an out-of-memory scenario an allocation could fail but free would have been called on the pointer     afterwards leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR <     115.13. (CVE-2024-6603)

    Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12. Some of these bugs     showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been     exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13.
    (CVE-2024-6604)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3951 advisory.

  - If a garbage collection was triggered at the right time, a use-after-free could have occurred during     object transplant. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird <     115.12. (CVE-2024-5688)

  - By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol     handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR <     115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5690)

  - By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe could have presented a button     that, if clicked by a user, would bypass restrictions to open a new window. This vulnerability affects     Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5691)

  - Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting, which could be used to access image data     from another site in violation of same-origin policy. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox     ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5693)

  - By manipulating the text in an `<input>` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading     to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and     Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5696)

  - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11. Some of these bugs     showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been     exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and     Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5700)

  - Memory corruption in the networking stack could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. This     vulnerability affects Firefox < 125, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5702)

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

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4016 advisory.

  - If a garbage collection was triggered at the right time, a use-after-free could have occurred during     object transplant. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird <     115.12. (CVE-2024-5688)

  - By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol     handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR <     115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5690)

  - By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe could have presented a button     that, if clicked by a user, would bypass restrictions to open a new window. This vulnerability affects     Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5691)

  - Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting, which could be used to access image data     from another site in violation of same-origin policy. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox     ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5693)

  - By manipulating the text in an `<input>` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading     to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and     Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5696)

  - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11. Some of these bugs     showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been     exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and     Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5700)

  - Memory corruption in the networking stack could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. This     vulnerability affects Firefox < 125, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5702)

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

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3955 advisory.

    * firefox: Use-after-free in networking (CVE-2024-5702)

    * firefox: Use-after-free in JavaScript object transplant (CVE-2024-5688)

    * firefox: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack (CVE-2024-5690)

    * firefox:  Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window     (CVE-2024-5691)

    * firefox: Cross-Origin Image leak via Offscreen Canvas (CVE-2024-5693)

    * firefox: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments (CVE-2024-5696)

    * firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12     (CVE-2024-5700)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky 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 Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:4002 advisory.

    * thunderbird: Use-after-free in networking (CVE-2024-5702)

    * thunderbird: Use-after-free in JavaScript object transplant (CVE-2024-5688)

    * thunderbird: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack (CVE-2024-5690)

    * thunderbird:  Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window     (CVE-2024-5691)

    * thunderbird: Cross-Origin Image leak via Offscreen Canvas (CVE-2024-5693)

    * thunderbird: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments (CVE-2024-5696)

    * thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12     (CVE-2024-5700)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky 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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - By manipulating the text in an `<input>` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading     to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and     Thunderbird < 115.12. (CVE-2024-5696)

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

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4a22a9cd11 advisory.

    Update to latest upstream version.

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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6862-1 advisory.

    Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially     crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain     sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-5689, CVE-2024-5690,     CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698, CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5701)

    Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during garbage collection. An     attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or

    execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-5688)

    Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in the JavaScript engine. An     attacker could potentially exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2024-5694)

    Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain allocations in the probabilistic     heap checker. An attacker could

    potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.

    (CVE-2024-5695)

    Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain text fragments in input tags. An     attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-5696)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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-202408-02 (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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
205700	Amazon Linux 2 : firefox (ALASFIREFOX-2024-027)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	8/17/2024	7/23/2025	medium
200726	CentOS 7 : firefox (RHSA-2024:3951)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	6/19/2024	4/7/2025	medium
200827	CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2024:4016)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	6/21/2024	4/7/2025	medium
201240	Rocky Linux 9 : firefox (RLSA-2024:3955)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	7/2/2024	4/7/2025	medium
201251	Rocky Linux 9 : thunderbird (RLSA-2024:4002)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	7/2/2024	4/7/2025	medium
248269	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-5696	Nessus	Misc.	8/11/2025	8/11/2025	high
200378	Fedora 40 : firefox (2024-4a22a9cd11)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	6/12/2024	3/28/2025	critical
201338	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-6862-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/3/2024	4/7/2025	critical
205525	GLSA-202408-02 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	8/14/2024	4/2/2025	critical

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