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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2024-3862 json

The MarkStack assignment operator, part of the JavaScript engine, could access uninitialized memory if it were used in a self-assignment.

published 2024-04-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-32430

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The MarkStack assignment operator, part of the JavaScript engine, could access uninitialized memory if it were used in a self-assignment. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 125.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 125
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 125.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-3862

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 125.0.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13907-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.