Mozilla Firefox Security Updates – 30 October 2024

Mozilla has released an updated Firefox version 132, Firefox ESR versions 128.4, and 115.17 to fix multiple vulnerabilities.

The addressed vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to perform denial of service attacks, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, obtain sensitive information, gain elevated privileges, or execute arbitrary code and gain access to the affected system.

Sample of the addressed vulnerabilities:

1. Mozilla Firefox Use-after-free in Layout Vulnerability (CVE-2024-10459):

  • CVSS: 8.8
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Consequences: Gain Access

2. Mozilla Firefox Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CVE-2024-10461):

  • CVSS: 6.1
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Consequences: Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerabilities
  •  CVE-2024-9936
  • CVE-2024-10458
  • CVE-2024-10459
  • CVE-2024-10460
  • CVE-2024-10461
  • CVE-2024-10462
  • CVE-2024-10463
  • CVE-2024-10464
  • CVE-2024-10465
  • CVE-2024-10466
  • CVE-2024-10467
  • CVE-2024-10468
Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.

Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory

References