Access of uninitialized pointer in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-3862

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Access of uninitialized pointer in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-3862

Published: April 17, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88659
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-2024-3862
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the browser.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of uninitialized memory in MarkStack assignment operator. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit the website and crash the browser.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-3862

Install updates from vendor's website.

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