#VU96736 Exposed dangerous method or function in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-8382 

 

#VU96736 Exposed dangerous method or function in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-8382

Published: September 3, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96736
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8382
CWE-ID: CWE-749
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to internal browser event interfaces are exposed to web content when privileged EventHandler listener callbacks ran for those events. A remote attacker can indicate usage of certain browser features, such as when a user opens the Dev Tools console.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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