Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-4574

 

Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-4574

Published: August 29, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80091
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4574
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in IPC ColorPickerShownCallback. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Oracle Solaris
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mozjs102-devel
mozjs102
mozjs102-debuginfo
mozjs102-debugsource
mozilla-firefox
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4574

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 117.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 102.15.0, 115.2.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3.8
Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 102.15.0, 115.2.0
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 62
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 102.15.0esr-1~deb11u1, 102.15.0esr-1~deb12u1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.15.0-1.el7_9, 102.15.0-1.el8_1, 102.15.0-1.el8_2, 102.15.0-1.el8_4, 102.15.0-1.el8_6, 102.15.0-1.el8_8, 102.15.0-1.el9_0, 102.15.0-1.el9_2
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.15.0-1.el7_9, 102.15.0-1.el8_1, 102.15.0-1.el8_2, 102.15.0-1.el8_4, 102.15.0-1.el8_8, 102.15.0-1.el9_0, 102.15.0-1.el9_2
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:102.15.0-1~deb11u1, 1:102.15.0-1~deb12u1
thunderbird - update to 102.15.0-1.0.1
firefox - update to 102.15.0-1.0.1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 102.15.0-2
firefox-debugsource - update to 102.15.0-2
firefox - update to 102.15.0-2
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.15.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.15.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.15.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
mozjs102-devel - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102 - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102-debuginfo - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102-debugsource - update to 102.15.1-1
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.2.0esr
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 115.7.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 115.7.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - update to 117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

External References

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