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CVE-2024-8383

Published: 2024-09-03T13:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-10-30T17:35Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt