Use After Free Affecting Firefox package, versions [,127)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-7254902
  • published14 Jun 2024
  • disclosed11 Jun 2024
  • creditLukas Bernhard

Introduced: 11 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-5688  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 127 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free during object transplant. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by triggering a garbage collection event at a specific time.

CVSS Scores

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