CVE-2023-5172 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416 — Use After Free10 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Mozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedSep 27
Latest updateOct 11

Description

A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a live interior reference, leading to a potential use-after-free and exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 118
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 118
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
firefox regressions↗2023-10-11
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2023-10-03
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OSV
CVE-2023-5172: A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a live interior reference, leading to a potential use-after-free and exploitable↗2023-09-28
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CVEList
CVE-2023-5172: A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a live interior reference, leading to a potential use-after-free and exploitable↗2023-09-27
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GHSA
GHSA-gg89-f9mq-2rw9: A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a live interior reference, leading to a potential use-after-free and exploitable↗2023-09-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Firefox regressions↗2023-10-11
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2023-10-03
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Debian
CVE-2023-5172: firefox - A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a live in...↗2023
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-41: CVE-2023-5172↗
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