9.8

CVE-2024-8381: mozilla firefox Type Confusion

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-8381DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8381CGA-jg53-w2cp-rg8g
Published 03-09-2024Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8381 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Type Confusion vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 4.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
4.40%
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 29 · Related 11
DLA-3869-1DLA-3882-1DSA-5765-1DSA-5767-1MGASA-2024-0325MGASA-2024-0332

Timeline

  1. 03-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A potentially exploitable type confusion could be triggered when looking up a property name on an object being used as the `with` environment. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.40% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.40%

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

Ubuntu9 products
  • firefox< 130.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs115All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla3 products
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 130 | < 130.0
  • firefox_esr≥ unspecified, < 128.2 | ≥ unspecified, < 115.15 | < 115.15 | ≥ 128.0, < 128.2
  • thunderbird≥ unspecified, < 128.2 | ≥ unspecified, < 115.15
Chainguard2 products
  • firefox< 130.0-r0
  • firefox-esr< 128.2.0-r0
Debian2 products
  • firefox-esr< 115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 | < 115.15.0esr-1
  • thunderbird< 1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1 | < 1:128.2.0esr-1
Wolfi1 product
  • firefox< 130.0-r0

5 vendors · 17 products

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