Double Free Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,115.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-5920423
  • published28 Sept 2023
  • disclosed26 Sept 2023
  • creditRonald Crane

Introduced: 26 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-5174  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 115.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free in the process of spawning on Windows. An attacker can cause unexpected application termination or execute arbitrary code by triggering this vulnerability.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the system is running on a Windows platform.

CVSS Scores

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