FKIE_CVE-2024-5690

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-06-11 13:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:16
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883693Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.htmlMailing List
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.htmlMailing List
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883693Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00000.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00010.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox_esr *
mozilla thunderbird *
debian debian_linux 10.0
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