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title: "CVE-2024-9402\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2024-9402

Publication date 3 October 2024

Last updated 3 February 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-9402?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 130, Firefox ESR 128.2, and
Thunderbird 128.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption
and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been
exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131,
Firefox ESR < 128.3, Thunderbird < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 131.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-9402?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 131.0+build1.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| mozjs102 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Ignored |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| mozjs115 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Ignored |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| mozjs38 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| mozjs52 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored |
| mozjs68 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored |
| mozjs78 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| mozjs91 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| thunderbird | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |

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

mozjs\* contain a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine. It
is not feasible to backport security fixes to the mozjs\*
packages, as such, marking them as ignored.
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**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9402)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9402)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-9402)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-9402)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-7056-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7056-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 7 October 2024

+ [USN-7991-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7991-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 2 February 2026

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9402>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-46/#CVE-2024-9402>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-49/#CVE-2024-9402>
* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1872744%2C1897792%2C1911317%2C1913445%2C1914106%2C1914475%2C1914963%2C1915008%2C1916476>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-46/>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-47/>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-49/>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-50/>
