CVE-2024-5690

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883693
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.html
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883693
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.html
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/

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