CVE-2024-2605

Mozilla: Windows Error Reporter could be used as a Sandbox escape vector

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 19, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:

An attacker could have leveraged the Windows Error Reporter to run arbitrary code on the system escaping the sandbox.

Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE not specified