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CVE-2024-11697
When handling keypress events, an attacker may have been able to trick a user into bypassing the "Open Executable File?" confirmation…
High8.8EPSS 0.81%
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- mozilla
Description
When handling keypress events, an attacker may have been able to trick a user into bypassing the "Open Executable File?" confirmation dialog. This could have led to malicious code execution. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.5, Thunderbird < 133, and Thunderbird < 128.5.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.81% · top 43% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Improper Keypress Handling in Executable File Confirmation Dialog
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 133
- affected unspecified – < 128.5
- affected unspecified – < 133
- affected unspecified – < 128.5
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842187 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-63/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-64/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-67/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-68/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00029.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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