Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,115.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-6036010
  • published26 Oct 2023
  • disclosed24 Oct 2023
  • creditpwn2car

Introduced: 24 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-5724  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1021  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 115.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer via the draw function. An attacker can exploit this by initiating extremely large draw calls, which the drivers may not be able to handle robustly, leading to a system crash.

CVSS Scores

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