CVE-2024-0744 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 122, where JIT compiled code could dereference a wild pointer, leading to an exploitable crash. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this network-exploitable flaw has low attack complexity and can result in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from SecurityWeek noting its patch in Firefox 122.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 122CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 122.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
firefox: JIT compiled code could have dereferenced a wild pointer value
Jan 23, 2024In some circumstances, JIT compiled code could have dereferenced a wild pointer value. This could have led to an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122.
Jan 9, 2024