CVE-2024-5692: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-5692 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 11Timeline
- 11-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 27-02-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
On Windows 10, when using the 'Save As' functionality, an attacker could have tricked the browser into saving the file with a disallowed extension such as `.url` by including an invalid character in the extension. *Note:* This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
49%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.61% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mozilla3 products
- firefox≥ unspecified, < 127 | < 115.12 | < 127.0
- firefox_esr≥ unspecified, < 115.12
- thunderbird≥ unspecified, < 115.12 | < 115.12
Chainguard2 products
- firefox< 127.0.2-r0
- firefox-esr< 115.12.0-r0
Wolfi1 product
- firefox< 127.0.2-r0
3 vendors · 6 products