CVE-2023-5172
CRITICALFirefox < 118 - Use-After-Free in Ion Engine Hashtable
Title source: llmDescription
A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a live interior reference, leading to a potential use-after-free and exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852218
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
47.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox
< 118
Published
Sep 27, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026