# CVE-2024-8383: Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does no

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 130, 128.2, 115.15
- Published: 2024-09-03 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 130
- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 128.2
- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 115.15

## Description

Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox ESR, upgrade to a fixed version (130, 128.2, 115.15) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1908496
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/

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