CVE-2023-5728 (GCVE-0-2023-5728)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-24 12:47 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
During garbage collection extra operations were performed on a object that should not be. This could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 119, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and Thunderbird < 115.4.1.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-11 18:34 UTC
CWE
- Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash.
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 119
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 115.4
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 115.4.1
(custom)
|
guessed |
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