VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-4049
Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.63%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.63%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.63% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842658Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842658Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.