Use After Free Affecting firefox-x11 package, versions <0:102.8.0-2.el9_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-FIREFOXX11-3325721
  • published16 Feb 2023
  • disclosed14 Feb 2023

Introduced: 14 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-25739  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 firefox-x11 to version 0:102.8.0-2.el9_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0810.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-x11 package and not the firefox-x11 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Module load requests that failed were not being checked as to whether or not they were cancelled causing a use-after-free in <code>ScriptLoadContext</code>. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1