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CVE-2024-8384
The JavaScript garbage collector could mis-color cross-compartment objects if OOM conditions were detected at the right point between two…
Critical9.8EPSS 0.72%
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- mozilla
Description
The JavaScript garbage collector could mis-color cross-compartment objects if OOM conditions were detected at the right point between two passes. This could have led to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.72% · top 46% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Garbage collection could mis-color cross-compartment objects in OOM conditions
- CWE-416 Use After Free (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 130
- affected unspecified – < 128.2
- affected unspecified – < 115.15
- affected unspecified – < 128.2
- affected unspecified – < 115.15
References (8)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1911288 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-43/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-44/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00025.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00012.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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