Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting firefox package, versions <0:102.15.0-1.0.1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-FIREFOX-5887530
  • published6 Sept 2023
  • disclosed11 Sept 2023

Introduced: 6 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-4578  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 firefox to version 0:102.15.0-1.0.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-4952.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

When calling JS::CheckRegExpSyntax a Syntax Error could have been set which would end in calling convertToRuntimeErrorAndClear. A path in the function could attempt to allocate memory when none is available which would have caused a newly created Out of Memory exception to be mishandled as a Syntax Error. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1