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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-29536: Use After Free

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-29536: Use After Free

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/02/2023
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

An attacker could cause the memory manager to incorrectly free a pointer that addresses attacker-controlled memory, resulting in an assertion, memory corruption, or a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Focus for Android < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, Firefox for Android < 112, and Thunderbird < 102.10.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

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