CVE-2024-11698: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-11698 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 9Timeline
- 26-11-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 27-11-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw in handling fullscreen transitions may have inadvertently caused the application to become stuck in fullscreen mode when a modal dialog was opened during the transition. This issue left users unable to exit fullscreen mode using standard actions like pressing "Esc" or accessing right-click menus, resulting in a disrupted browsing experience until the browser is restarted. *This bug only affects the application when running on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.5, Thunderbird < 133, and Thunderbird < 128.5.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.69%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
52%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.69% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mozilla3 products
- firefox≥ unspecified, < 133 | < 128.5.0 | < 133.0
- firefox_esr≥ unspecified, < 128.5
- thunderbird≥ unspecified, < 133 | ≥ unspecified, < 128.5 | < 128.5.0 | ≥ 129.0, < 133.0
Chainguard2 products
- firefox< 133.0-r0
- firefox-esr< 128.5.0-r0
Wolfi1 product
- firefox< 133.0-r0
3 vendors · 6 products