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ghsa-phv6-6pfh-prxc

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-09-11 09:31

Modified

2024-04-04 07:34

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

When calling JS::CheckRegExpSyntax a Syntax Error could have been set which would end in calling convertToRuntimeErrorAndClear. A path in the function could attempt to allocate memory when none is available which would have caused a newly created Out of Memory exception to be mishandled as a Syntax Error. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.

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cve-2023-4578

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-09-11 08:01

Modified

2024-09-19 20:02

Severity ?

Summary

When calling `JS::CheckRegExpSyntax` a Syntax Error could have been set which would end in calling `convertToRuntimeErrorAndClear`. A path in the function could attempt to allocate memory when none is available which would have caused a newly created Out of Memory exception to be mishandled as a Syntax Error. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839007
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-36/
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-38/

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

Mozilla

Firefox

Version: unspecified < 117

	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Version: unspecified < 115.2
	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Version: unspecified < 115.2

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