CVE-2023-4049
Mozilla: Fix potential race conditions when releasing platform objects
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. Max Vlasov discovered that Firefox Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to access image data from another site in violation of same-origin policy.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2023-08-01 CVE Reserved
- 2023-08-01 CVE Published
- 2025-02-13 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
References (9)
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html |
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| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29 | 2023-08-09 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30 | 2023-08-09 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31 | 2023-08-09 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4049 | 2023-08-07 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228364 | 2023-08-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 116.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 116.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | >= 102.0 < 102.14 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " >= 102.0 < 102.14" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | >= 115.0 < 115.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " >= 115.0 < 115.1" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 12.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "12.0" | - |
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