CVE-2023-5174

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

27/09/2023

Last modified:

05/05/2025

Description

If Windows failed to duplicate a handle during process creation, the sandbox code may have inadvertently freed a pointer twice, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash.<br /> *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows when run in non-standard configurations (such as using `runas`). Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::		118 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::		115.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::		115.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-5174

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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