8.2

CVE-2024-6606: mozilla firefox Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 8.2v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-6606CGA-3mch-6mg9-x4xpCGA-q8x7-46mc-2624
Published 09-07-2024Last modified 04-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6606 is a high (CVSS 8.2) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.40%
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 6 · Related 8

Timeline

  1. 09-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Clipboard code failed to check the index on an array access. This could have led to an out-of-bounds read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Thunderbird < 128.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

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< 128.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard2 products
  • firefox< 128.0-r0
  • firefox-esr< 128-r0
Mozilla2 products
Wolfi1 product
  • firefox< 128.0-r0

4 vendors · 12 products

References

7 links