CVE-2023-29543 (GCVE-0-2023-29543)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-10 19:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An attacker could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable use-after-free of a pointer in a global object's debugger vector. This vulnerability affects Firefox for Android < 112, Firefox < 112, and Focus for Android < 112.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-10 19:10 UTC
CWE
- Use-after-free in debugging APIs
- CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Assigner
References
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox for Android |
Affected:
unspecified , < 112
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 112
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Focus for Android |
Affected:
unspecified , < 112
(custom)
|
guessed |
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