cvelistv5 - CVE-2023-5174

CVE-2023-5174

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-09-27 14:13

Modified

2024-08-02 07:52

Severity ?

Summary

If Windows failed to duplicate a handle during process creation, the sandbox code may have inadvertently freed a pointer twice, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows when run in non-standard configurations (such as using `runas`). Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1848454	Permissions Required
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR
	Mozilla	Thunderbird

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