Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
A use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-9680) was identified in the Animation timeline component of Mozilla Firefox. This vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 versions of Firefox. Red Hat has issued a security advisory and released an update to address this issue. The vulnerability is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 and should be applied to remediate the issue.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-9680 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Animation timeline component of Mozilla Firefox, as packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2. This vulnerability could potentially lead to memory corruption issues. Red Hat has released a security advisory (RHSA-2024:8176) and an updated Firefox package (version 128.3.1-2.el8_2) to fix this issue. The advisory classifies the security impact as Important. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, and no known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
The use-after-free vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to application crashes or arbitrary code execution. Red Hat rates the impact as Important, indicating a significant security risk if left unpatched. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:8176 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-9680) was identified in the Animation timeline component of Mozilla Firefox. This vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 versions of Firefox. Red Hat has issued a security advisory and released an update to address this issue. The vulnerability is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 and should be applied to remediate the issue.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-9680 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Animation timeline component of Mozilla Firefox, as packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2. This vulnerability could potentially lead to memory corruption issues. Red Hat has released a security advisory (RHSA-2024:8176) and an updated Firefox package (version 128.3.1-2.el8_2) to fix this issue. The advisory classifies the security impact as Important. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, and no known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
The use-after-free vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to application crashes or arbitrary code execution. Red Hat rates the impact as Important, indicating a significant security risk if left unpatched. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:8176 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:8176
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a419cbc27e9c79719abf452
Added to database: 06/28/2026, 22:14:20 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 22:36:46 UTC
Last updated: 07/02/2026, 21:17:05 UTC
Views: 9
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