4.3

CVE-2024-5690: debian debian_linux Observable Discrepancy

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-5690DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5690CGA-crw7-g6p5-795c
Published 11-06-2024Last modified 26-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-5690 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.74%
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 34 · Related 13
DLA-3825-1DLA-3836-1DSA-5709-1DSA-5711-1MGASA-2024-0222MGASA-2024-0231

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.74% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.74%

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

Ubuntu8 products
  • firefox< 127.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian3 products
  • firefox-esr< 115.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 | < 115.12.0esr-1
  • thunderbird< 1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1 | < 1:115.12.0-1
  • debian_linuxEOL10.0
Mozilla3 products
Chainguard2 products
  • firefox< 127.0.2-r0
  • firefox-esr< 115.12.0-r0
Wolfi1 product
  • firefox< 127.0.2-r0

5 vendors · 17 products

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