--- title: "CVE-2024-5696\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5696?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2024-5696 Publication date 11 June 2024 Last updated 26 August 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) ## Cvss 3 Severity Score **8.6 · High** [Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5696?format=md#impact-score) Toggle side navigation ## Description By manipulating the text in an `<input>` tag, an attacker could have caused corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5696?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected | | 23.10 mantic | Not affected | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected | | 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 127.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | | mozjs102 | 24.04 LTS noble | Ignored | | 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored | | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | | mozjs38 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | | 23.10 mantic | Not in release | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | | 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored | | mozjs52 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | | 23.10 mantic | Not in release | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | | 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored | | 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored | | mozjs68 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | | 23.10 mantic | Not in release | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | | 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored | | mozjs78 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | | 23.10 mantic | Not in release | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored | | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | | mozjs91 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | | 23.10 mantic | Not in release | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored | | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | | thunderbird | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected | | 23.10 mantic | Fixed 1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | | 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | --- * [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 --- ### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks) mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap starting with Ubuntu 24.04, the thunderbird package is just a script that installs the Thunderbird snap ## Severity score breakdown CVSS version: CVSS v3.0 **Base score** 8.6 · High * Base metrics | Parameter | Value | | --- | --- | | Attack vector | Network | | Attack complexity | Low | | Privileges required | None | | User interaction | None | | Scope | Unchanged | | Confidentiality impact | Low | | Integrity impact | Low | | Availability impact | High | * Scores | Parameter | Value | | --- | --- | | Base score | 8.6 · High | | Exploitability score | - | | Impact score | - | **Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-5696) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5696) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-5696) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-5696) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-6840-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-6840-1) + Thunderbird vulnerabilities + 19 June 2024 + [USN-6862-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-6862-1) + Firefox vulnerabilities + 3 July 2024 ### Other references * * * *