Use After Free Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,115.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-6663918
  • published19 Apr 2024
  • disclosed16 Apr 2024
  • creditRonald Crane

Introduced: 16 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-3861  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 115.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to an AlignedBuffer self-move. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by manipulating the reference count of the buffer.

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