TI-2024-05286 Aliases CVE-2024-5691 GHSA-xhxm-p3qv-qprc

Protection mechanism failure in Mozilla Firefox

LOW 25CWE-693Published 2024-06-11 · Updated 2025-03-19

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 18 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-693.

Summary

By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe could have presented a button that, if clicked by a user, would bypass restrictions to open a new window. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00654 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Firefox (Mozilla): 127Firefox ESR (Mozilla): 115.12+1 more productRed Hat: 18 advisoriesRed Hat: 18 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Mozilla	Firefox	before 127	127	Patch available	CNA
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	before 115.12	115.12	Patch available	CNA
Mozilla	Thunderbird	before 115.12	115.12	Patch available	CNA

Firefox VendorMozilla Affected before 127 Fixed in 127 Patch available CNA
Firefox ESR VendorMozilla Affected before 115.12 Fixed in 115.12 Patch available CNA
Thunderbird VendorMozilla Affected before 115.12 Fixed in 115.12 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	before 127.0	Vulnerable	Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::	before 115.12	Vulnerable	Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::	before 115.12	Vulnerable	Mozilla

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 127.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 115.12 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 115.12 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 127
Fix · CNA Firefox ESR (Mozilla) Fixed in 115.12
Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 115.12

Red Hat 18 advisories

RHSA-2024:4063 Released 2024-06-24 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_6
RHSA-2024:4036 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_10
RHSA-2024:4018 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_8

Show 15 more Red Hat advisories

RHSA-2024:4016 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el7_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el7_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el7_9
RHSA-2024:4015 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el9_0
RHSA-2024:4002 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el9_4
RHSA-2024:4004 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el9_2
RHSA-2024:4003 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_4
RHSA-2024:4001 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) thunderbird-115.12.1-1.el8_2
RHSA-2024:3972 Released 2024-06-18 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_6
RHSA-2024:3958 Released 2024-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) firefox-115.12.0-1.el9_0
RHSA-2024:3951 Released 2024-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox-115.12.0-1.el7_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox-115.12.0-1.el7_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox-115.12.0-1.el7_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox-115.12.0-1.el7_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox-115.12.0-1.el7_9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox-115.12.0-1.el7_9
RHSA-2024:3955 Released 2024-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox-115.12.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11-115.12.0-1.el9_4
RHSA-2024:3954 Released 2024-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_10
RHSA-2024:3953 Released 2024-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_4
RHSA-2024:3950 Released 2024-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_8
RHSA-2024:3949 Released 2024-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) firefox-115.12.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11-115.12.0-1.el9_2
RHSA-2024:3952 Released 2024-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
firefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox-115.12.0-1.el8_2

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2024-06-11
Mozilla Firefox 127
15 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-05296 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2024-05294 In violation of spec, cookie prefixes such as `__Secure` were being ignored if they were…Priority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2024-05290 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 50
Show all 15 records →
Release · 2024-06-11
Mozilla Firefox ESR, Thunderbird 115.12
8 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-05291 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2024-05297 Use after free in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2024-05295 Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11.Priority LOW 39
Show all 8 records →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3954, RHSA-2024:4036
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3955, RHSA-2024:4002
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3952, RHSA-2024:4001
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3953, RHSA-2024:4003
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3972, RHSA-2024:4063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3953, RHSA-2024:4003
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3972, RHSA-2024:4063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3958, RHSA-2024:4015
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3950, RHSA-2024:4018
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3949, RHSA-2024:4004
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3953, RHSA-2024:4003
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3972, RHSA-2024:4063
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3951, RHSA-2024:4016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3951
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3951
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3951, RHSA-2024:4016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3951, RHSA-2024:4016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2024:3951

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5691
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhxm-p3qv-qprc
2026-10-13 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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