CVE-2023-5171 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2023-5171 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 27/09/2023 | CVE Updated: 23/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2023
Source: mozilla | Vendor: Mozilla | Product: Firefox
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2023-5171 Description

During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: Use-after-free in Ion Compiler
Source: Mozilla

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).