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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-6848681
  • published15 May 2024
  • disclosed14 May 2024
  • creditJan-Ivar Bruaroey

Introduced: 14 May 2024

CVE-2024-4764  (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 multiple WebRTC threads attempting to claim a newly connected audio input. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a crash by exploiting the improper handling of memory.

CVSS Scores

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