Use After Free Affecting Firefox package, versions [,118)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-5924283
  • published28 Sept 2023
  • disclosed27 Sept 2023
  • creditMozilla Fuzzing Team

Introduced: 27 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-5172  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 118 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the Ion Engine, an attacker can mutate a hashtable while there is a live interior reference.

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