CVE-2023-37209
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-05 09:05
Modified
2024-08-02 17:09
Severity ?
Summary
A use-after-free condition existed in `NotifyOnHistoryReload` where a `LoadingSessionHistoryEntry` object was freed and a reference to that object remained. This resulted in a potentially exploitable condition when the reference to that object was later reused. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1837993Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
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