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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Jun 11, 2024 12:40:12 UTC

CVE-2024-5690

By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

Base score4.3/ 10
SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityMedium
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionRequiredUI
ScopeUnchangedS
Confidentiality impactLowC
Integrity impactNoneI
Availability impactNoneA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authoritymozilla
Last updatedMar 26, 2025 14:05:22 UTC
PublishedJun 11, 2024 12:40:12 UTC
ReservedJun 6, 2024 15:05:09 UTC

Credits

  • Satoki Tsuji