Out-of-bounds Write Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <102.10.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-FIREFOXESR-7009834
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed19 Jun 2023

Introduced: 19 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-29531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 firefox-esr to version 102.10.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

An attacker could have caused an out of bounds memory access using WebGL APIs, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.

This bug only affects Firefox and Thunderbird for macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, and Thunderbird < 102.10.

CVSS Scores

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