CVE-2024-9680

Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited used in ransomware

Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.

CVSS base

9.8 CRITICAL

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

EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)

23.2%

97.7th percentile

CISA KEV

Listed

Added 2024-10-15 · patch by 2024-11-05

Weakness / dates

CWE-416

Published 2024-10-09 · modified 2026-08-04

CVSS breakdown

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

Attack Vector	N	Network
Attack Complexity	L	Low
Privileges Required	N	None
User Interaction	N	None
Scope	U	Unchanged
Confidentiality	H	High
Integrity	H	High
Availability	H	High

Timeline

2024-10-09 — Published (NVD)
2024-10-15 — Added to CISA KEV (actively exploited)
2024-11-05 — CISA patch-by deadline
2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)

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.

Affected

debian mozilla

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org