CVE-2023-6205
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-21 14:28
Modified
2024-08-02 08:21
Severity ?
Summary
It was possible to cause the use of a MessagePort after it had already been freed, which could potentially have led to an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120, Firefox ESR < 115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1854076Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00017.htmlMailing List
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00030.html
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5561Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-49/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-50/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-52/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaThunderbird
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