FKIE_CVE-2024-4769

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-14 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:02
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
When importing resources using Web Workers, error messages would distinguish the difference between `application/javascript` responses and non-script responses. This could have been abused to learn information cross-origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126, Firefox ESR < 115.11, and Thunderbird < 115.11.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886108Issue Tracking
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00010.htmlMailing List
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00012.htmlMailing List
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-22/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-23/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886108Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00010.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00012.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-22/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-23/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox *
mozilla thunderbird *
debian debian_linux 10.0
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