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CVE-2024-8384· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mozilla

The JavaScript garbage collector could mis-color cross-compartment objects if OOM conditions were detected at the right point between two pa

The JavaScript garbage collector could mis-color cross-compartment objects if OOM conditions were detected at the right point between two passes. This could have led to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

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Published
Sep 3, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.7% · 52th percentile
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Action score

39

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
mozillafirefox
mozillafirefox esr

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mozilla firefoxbefore 130.0
  • mozilla firefox esrbefore 115.15
  • mozilla firefox esr128.0 and later · before 128.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mozilla). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Mozilla Firefox

    • unspecified and later · before 130affected
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

    • unspecified and later · before 128.2affected
    • unspecified and later · before 115.15affected
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

    • unspecified and later · before 128.2affected
    • unspecified and later · before 115.15affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:8firefoxbefore 128.2.0-1.el8_10.alma.1128.2.0-1.el8_10.alma.1
AlmaLinux:8thunderbirdbefore 128.2.0-1.el8_10.alma.1128.2.0-1.el8_10.alma.1
AlmaLinux:9firefoxbefore 128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1
AlmaLinux:9firefox-x11before 128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1
AlmaLinux:9thunderbirdbefore 128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1
Debian:11firefox-esrbefore 115.15.0esr-1~deb11u1115.15.0esr-1~deb11u1
Debian:11thunderbirdbefore 1:115.15.0-1~deb11u11:115.15.0-1~deb11u1
Debian:12firefox-esrbefore 115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1
Debian:12thunderbirdbefore 1:115.15.0-1~deb12u11:115.15.0-1~deb12u1
Debian:13firefox-esrbefore 115.15.0esr-1115.15.0esr-1
Debian:13thunderbirdbefore 1:128.2.0esr-11:128.2.0esr-1
openSUSE:TumbleweedMozillaFirefoxbefore 130.0.1-1.1130.0.1-1.1
openSUSE:TumbleweedMozillaThunderbirdbefore 115.15.0-1.1115.15.0-1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedmozjs128before 128.2.0-1.1128.2.0-1.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:128.2.0-1.el8_100:128.2.0-1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:128.2.0-1.el8_100:128.2.0-1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:128.2.0-1.el8_100:128.2.0-1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamthunderbirdbefore 0:128.2.0-1.el8_100:128.2.0-1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:128.2.0-1.el8_100:128.2.0-1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamthunderbird-debugsourcebefore 0:128.2.0-1.el8_100:128.2.0-1.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:128.2.0-1.el9_40:128.2.0-1.el9_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:128.2.0-1.el9_40:128.2.0-1.el9_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:128.2.0-1.el9_40:128.2.0-1.el9_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamfirefox-x11before 0:128.2.0-1.el9_40:128.2.0-1.el9_4

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    94Now
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    87Now
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    86Now
  • CVE-2013-1690Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properKEV
    86Now
  • CVE-2019-17026Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for setting array elements could lead to a type confusion.KEV
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
almalinux:firefox128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:firefox-x11128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:thunderbird128.2.0-1.el9_4.alma.1 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
debian:firefox-esr115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:thunderbird1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:MozillaFirefox128.2.0-150200.152.149.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.5Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:MozillaThunderbird115.15.0-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
opensuse:mozjs128128.2.0-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox0:128.2.0-1.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debuginfo0:128.2.0-1.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debugsource0:128.2.0-1.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-x110:128.2.0-1.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird0:128.2.0-1.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo0:128.2.0-1.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird-debugsource0:128.2.0-1.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
rocky linux:firefox0:128.2.0-1.el9_4.0.1 · Rocky Linux:9Package registry (OSV)
rocky linux:thunderbird0:128.2.0-1.el9_4.0.1 · Rocky Linux:9Package registry (OSV)
suse:MozillaFirefox128.2.0-112.225.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)
suse:MozillaFirefox128.2.0-150200.152.149.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-0247126 days apartMemory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 134 and Thunderbird 134
    42Plan
  • CVE-2023-6856259 days apartThe WebGL `DrawElementsInstanced` method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when used on systems with the Mesa VM driver.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2024-83870 days apartMemory safety bugs present in Firefox 129, Firefox ESR 128.1, and Thunderbird 128.1.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-83890 days apartMemory safety bugs present in Firefox 129.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-569584 days apartIf an out-of-memory condition occurs at a specific point using allocations in the probabilistic heap checker, an assertion could have been t
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-570184 days apartMemory safety bugs present in Firefox 126.
    39Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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