Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2023-4574
When creating a callback over IPC for showing the Color Picker window, multiple of the same callbacks could have been created at a time and eventually all simultaneously destroyed as soon as one of the callbacks finished. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 102.15, Firefox ESR < 115.2, Thunderbird < 102.15, and Thunderbird < 115.2.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.007 (47.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox_esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-4574?
- CVE-2023-4574 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-09-11.
- How severe is CVE-2023-4574?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.