CVE-2023-5171 (GCVE-0-2023-5171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-27 14:13 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:19
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Summary
During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-23 19:24 UTC
CWE
  • Use-after-free in Ion Compiler
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 118 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 115.3 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 115.3 (custom)
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Credits
Lukas Bernhard
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