Race condition in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-29537

 

Race condition in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-29537

Published: April 11, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74827
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29537
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Firefox Focus for Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to multiple race conditions in font initialization code. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a malicious website, trigger a race condition and execute arbitrary code


How to mitigate CVE-2023-29537

Install updates from vendor's website.

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