CVE - CVE-2024-8383

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-8383	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
References
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MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1908496 URL:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1908496 MISC:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/ URL:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/ MISC:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/ URL:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/ MISC:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/ URL:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20240903	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20240903)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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