CVE-2024-8384

The JavaScript garbage collector could mis-color cross-compartment objects if OOM conditions were detected at the right point between two passes. This could have led to memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.

Published: 2024-09-03 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-8384 is rated Moderate Risk (56.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.72%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-8384

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 0.26% 0.72% +0.46%
2 2025-12-29 0.24% 0.26% +0.02%
3 2025-12-24 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-8384

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 [email protected]
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-2024-8384

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-8384

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-8384: 5 source package rows (firefox, firefox-esr, mozjs, mozjs115, thunderbird); 323 state rows across 4 repos (3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 59, open 264. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-8384
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-8384 not yet assigned 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-2024-8384
gentoo high CVE-2024-8384: 3 GLSA(s) (202412-04, 202412-06, 202412-13), 5 atom(s) (dev-lang/spidermonkey, mail-client/thunderbird, mail-client/thunderbird-bin, www-client/firefox, www-client/firefox-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2024-8384
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8384
suse high CVE-2024-8384 severity important: SUSE including 40 source package names (MozillaFirefox-128.2.0-112.225.1, MozillaFirefox-128.2.0-150200.152.149.1, …), 156 product×package rows across 52 product lines (Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (52 product lines)): Fixed 156. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8384/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-8384 medium priority: Ubuntu including 9 source packages (firefox, mozjs102, …), 47 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, upstream): DNE 20, ignored 10, needs-triage 9, not-affected 5, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8384

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-8384

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 130.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox_esr < 115.15 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox_esr >= 128.0, < 128.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-8384

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