CVE-2024-9680

Publication date 10 October 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines. We have had reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131.0.2, Firefox ESR < 128.3.1, Firefox ESR < 115.16.1, Thunderbird < 131.0.1, Thunderbird < 128.3.1, and Thunderbird < 115.16.0.

Read the notes from the security team

Why is this CVE high priority?

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog for Firefox

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 131.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
thunderbird 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:115.16.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:115.16.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
mozjs38 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
mozjs52 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
mozjs68 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
mozjs78 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
mozjs91 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
mozjs102 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
mozjs115 24.10 oracular Ignored
24.04 LTS noble Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

mozjs* contain a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine. It is not feasible to backport security fixes to the mozjs* packages, as such, marking them as ignored. starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap starting with Ubuntu 24.04, the thunderbird package is just a script that installs the Thunderbird snap

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7065-1
    • Firefox vulnerability
    • 14 October 2024
    • USN-7066-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerability
    • 14 October 2024

Other references