5.3

CVE-2024-3862: mozilla firefox Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-3862CGA-f4qp-fggp-6p4vCGA-gqxq-mmvm-r5v9
Published 16-04-2024Last modified 30-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-3862 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13907-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-6747-1CGA-W3PR-FQ57-628X

Timeline

  1. 16-04-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The MarkStack assignment operator, part of the JavaScript engine, could access uninitialized memory if it were used in a self-assignment. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 125.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu7 products
  • firefox< 125.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard1 product
  • firefox-esr< 125-r0
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 125 | < 125.0

3 vendors · 9 products

References

6 links