Rule Category

BROWSER-FIREFOX -- Snort has detected traffic known to exploit vulnerabilities present in the Firefox browser, or products that have the "Gecko" engine (Thunderbird email client, etc.).

Alert Message

BROWSER-FIREFOX Mozilla Firefox CSS animation use after free attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule will alert when a maliciously crafted file that's intended to exploit a use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox has been detected over the network.

What To Look For

This rule will alert when theres an attempt to exploit a use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

Known Usage

Public information/Proof of Concept available

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Rule Vulnerability

Use After Free

Use After Free (UAF) attacks target computer memory flaws to corrupt the memory execute code. The name refers to attempts to use memory after it has been freed, which can cause a program to crash under normal circumstances, or result in remote code execution in a successful attack.

CVE Additional Information

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
CVE-2024-9680
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