CVE-2023-5172 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00322.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-6404-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852218
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2023-09-27T14:13:33.980Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T17:54:52.409Z

Reserved: 2023-09-25T15:03:42.733Z

Link: CVE-2023-5172

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:07.786Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-27T15:19:42.283

Modified: 2025-05-01T18:15:52.133

Link: CVE-2023-5172

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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