CVE-2024-11693

The executable file warning was not presented when downloading .library-ms files. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.5, Thunderbird < 133, and Thunderbird < 128.5.

Published: 2024-11-26 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-11693 is rated Moderate Risk (58.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.83%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-11693

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.39% 0.83% +0.44%
2 2026-04-17 0.29% 0.39% +0.10%
3 2026-01-04 0.29%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-11693

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-11693

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-11693

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2024-11693: 3 source package rows (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird); 337 state rows across 4 repos (3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 23, open 314. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-11693
debian unimportant CVE-2024-11693 unimportant priority: Debian including 3 source packages (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird), 11 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 11. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-11693
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11693
suse critical CVE-2024-11693 severity critical: SUSE including 29 source package names (MozillaFirefox-128.5.0-112.237.2, MozillaFirefox-128.5.0-150200.152.161.1, …), 144 product×package rows across 49 product lines (Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (49 product lines)): Fixed 144. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11693/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-11693 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 10 status rows across 5 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, upstream): not-affected 8, DNE 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-11693

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-11693

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 128.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 133.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 128.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 129.0, < 133.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-11693

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