6.5

CVE-2024-9936: mozilla firefox Race Condition

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-9936USN-7078-1CGA-8v33-59pq-x7xc
Published 14-10-2024Last modified 06-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-9936 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Race Condition vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11373-1CGA-92Q2-9Q73-J3PGCGA-GG95-V68W-GFR4

Timeline

  1. 14-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When manipulating the selection node cache, an attacker may have been able to cause unexpected behavior, potentially leading to an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131.0.3.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

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< 131.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs115All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard2 products
  • firefox< 131.0.3-r0
  • firefox-esr< 131.0.3-r0
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 131.0.3 | < 131.0.3
Opensuse1 product
  • MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 131.0.3-1.1
Wolfi1 product
  • firefox< 131.0.3-r0

5 vendors · 13 products

References

8 links