CVE-2024-6601 (GCVE-0-2024-6601)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 14:25 – Updated: 2025-10-30 16:14
VLAI
Title
Race condition in permission assignment
Summary
A race condition could lead to a cross-origin container obtaining permissions of the top-level origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128, Firefox ESR < 115.13, Thunderbird < 115.13, and Thunderbird < 128.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128
(custom)
|
|
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 115.13
(custom)
|
|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 115.13
(custom)
|
|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 128
(custom)
|
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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