Use After Free Affecting Firefox package, versions [,126)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-6846920
  • published15 May 2024
  • disclosed14 May 2024
  • creditIrvan Kurniawan

Introduced: 14 May 2024

CVE-2024-4771  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 126 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to a missing memory allocation check. An attacker can trigger a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting the failed allocation.

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