CVE-2024-9680

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-10-15. Federal remediation due 2024-11-05.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

23.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-10-09 12:59Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-04 03:55Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-10-09

Assigning CNA

mozilla

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0294cb32cac7969ed4d1d6c928e5971d867dd584b76b5bc227dd8d1447cb7d84

• bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1923344
• msrc.microsoft.comWindows sandbox escape detected with the in-the-wild exploithttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-52/
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-9680government-resource
• bugs.freebsd.orghttps://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=281992
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00005.html
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00006.html