Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting firefox-x11 package, versions <0:115.4.0-1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-FIREFOXX11-7872484
  • published3 Sept 2024
  • disclosed30 Sept 2023

Introduced: 30 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-44488  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-755  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 firefox-x11 to version 0:115.4.0-1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6188.

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.

VP9 in libvpx before 1.13.1 mishandles widths, leading to a crash related to encoding.

CVSS Scores

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