Use After Free Affecting Firefox package, versions [,122)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-6197132
  • published26 Jan 2024
  • disclosed23 Jan 2024
  • creditNika Layzell

Introduced: 23 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-0752  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 122 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free when a system update is in progress under heavy load conditions. An attacker can cause a program crash by triggering a use-after-free error during this specific scenario.

CVSS Scores

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