CVE-2023-4583

HIGH

Firefox < 117 and Firefox ESR < 115.2 - Use-After-Free in HttpBaseChannel

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When checking if the Browsing Context had been discarded in `HttpBaseChannel`, if the load group was not available then it was assumed to have already been discarded which was not always the case for private channels after the private session had ended. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 34.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-754
Status published
Products (3)
mozilla/firefox < 117.0
mozilla/firefox_esr < 115.2
mozilla/thunderbird < 115.2
Published Sep 11, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026