Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2023-37202
Cross-compartment wrappers wrapping a scripted proxy could have caused objects from other compartments to be stored in the main compartment resulting in a use-after-free. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115, Firefox ESR < 102.13, and Thunderbird < 102.13.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (53.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0, 11.0, 12.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-23/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-24/ (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00006.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5450 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5451 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00015.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-37202?
- CVE-2023-37202 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-07-05.
- How severe is CVE-2023-37202?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.