Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-6859
Published: December 19, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU84561
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6859
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in PR_GetIdentitiesLayer when creating the TLS socket. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and crash the browser.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-6859
Install updates from vendor's website.