Resource Exhaustion Affecting firefox package, versions <0:102.15.0-1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-5881140
  • published30 Aug 2023
  • disclosed29 Aug 2023

Introduced: 29 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4577  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:102.15.0-1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

When UpdateRegExpStatics attempted to access initialStringHeap it could already have been garbage collected prior to entering the function, which could potentially have led to an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.

CVSS Scores

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