🛡️ CVE-2024-4367 — debian-linux

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-754 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

PDF.js vulnerable to arbitrary JavaScript execution upon opening a malicious PDF

Impact

If pdf.js is used to load a malicious PDF, and PDF.js is configured with isEvalSupported set to true (which is the default value), unrestricted attacker-controlled JavaScript will be executed in the context of the hosting domain.

Patches

The patch removes the use of eval:

https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/pull/18015

Workarounds

Set the option isEvalSupported to false.

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1893645

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2024-4367 is recorded against 5 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • firefox (fixed in 126.0)
  • open-xchange-appsuite-frontend
  • pdfjs-dist
  • thunderbird (fixed in 115.11.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org
lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org
www.mozilla.org
www.mozilla.org
www.mozilla.org
seclists.org
bugzilla.mozilla.org
codeanlabs.com
github.com
github.com
lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org
www.exploit-db.com
www.mozilla.org

CVE-2024-4367 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-754
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
firefox 126.0
open-xchange-appsuite-frontend
pdfjs-dist
thunderbird 115.11.0

References

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