CVE-2023-4049

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 v3 5.9 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842658	Issue 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-5464	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469	Third 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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-08-01 15:15

Updated : 2023-08-09 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-4049

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4049

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4049

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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