Use After Free Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,115.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.11% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-5920426
  • published27 Sept 2023
  • disclosed26 Sept 2023
  • creditLukas Bernhard

Introduced: 26 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-5171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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 Use After Free in the Ion Compiler, due to Garbage Collection during compilation. This could allow an attacker to write two NUL bytes and cause a crash.

CVSS Scores

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