CVE-2023-5172 (GCVE-0-2023-5172)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-27 14:13 – Updated: 2025-05-01 17:54
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Memory Corruption in Ion Hints
  • CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 118 (custom)
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Credits
Mozilla Fuzzing Team
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