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CVE-2024-2605
An attacker could have leveraged the Windows Error Reporter to run arbitrary code on the system escaping the sandbox. *Note:* This issue…
Medium5.9EPSS 0.58%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mozilla
Description
An attacker could have leveraged the Windows Error Reporter to run arbitrary code on the system escaping the sandbox. *Note:* This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mozilla
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.58% · top 52% of all CVEs (7 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: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- Windows Error Reporter could be used as a Sandbox escape vector
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 124
- affected unspecified – < 115.9
- affected unspecified – < 115.9
References (4)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1872920 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-12/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-13/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-14/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-2605)Record last updated .