VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-5174

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-09-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

If Windows failed to duplicate a handle during process creation, the sandbox code may have inadvertently freed a pointer twice, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows when run in non-standard configurations (such as using `runas`). Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-416

Primary references