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title: "CVE-2024-0750\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2024-0750

Publication date 23 January 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-0750?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A bug in popup notifications delay calculation could have made it possible
for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. This
vulnerability affects Firefox < 122, Firefox ESR < 115.7, and Thunderbird <
115.7.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-0750?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 122.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
| mozjs102 | 24.04 LTS noble | Ignored |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs38 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs52 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs68 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs78 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs91 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| thunderbird | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Fixed 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script
that installs the Firefox snap

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0750)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0750)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-0750)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-0750)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-6610-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-6610-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 29 January 2024

+ [USN-6669-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-6669-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 4 March 2024

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-01/#CVE-2024-0750>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-02/#CVE-2024-0750>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-04/#CVE-2024-0750>
* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1863083>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-01/>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-02/>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-04/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0750>
