CVE-2024-4772 json
An HTTP digest authentication nonce value was generated using `rand()` which could lead to predictable values.
published 2024-05-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44552
- cvss
- 5.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An HTTP digest authentication nonce value was generated using `rand()` which could lead to predictable values. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126.
Patch / fix
- Mozilla Firefox 126
- firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 126.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-4772
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 126.0-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13980-1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 23 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1870579 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
References
-
bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1870579
exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
-
mozilla.org
/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-4772
- NVD CVE-2024-4772
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