CVE-2023-5172

A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a live interior reference, leading to a potential use-after-free and exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852218	Permissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852218	Permissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-09-27 15:19

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:41

NVD link : CVE-2023-5172

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5172

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5172

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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