9.8

CVE-2024-8385: mozilla firefox Type Confusion

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-8385DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8385CGA-28w3-8mcg-6wrg
Published 03-09-2024Last modified 06-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8385 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Type Confusion vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.3% 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
0.57%
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 23 · Related 9

Timeline

  1. 03-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A difference in the handling of StructFields and ArrayTypes in WASM could be used to trigger an exploitable type confusion vulnerability. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 128.2.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.57% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.57%

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< 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
Chainguard2 products
  • firefox< 130.0-r0
  • firefox-esr< 128.2.0-r0
Debian1 product
  • thunderbird< 1:128.2.0esr-1
Wolfi1 product
  • firefox< 130.0-r0

5 vendors · 15 products

References

9 links