CVE-2023-4049
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-01 14:58
Modified
2024-10-22 15:11
Severity ?
Summary
Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842658Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox ESR
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