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MFSA2023-29 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 116 (CVE-2023-4049)

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MFSA2023-29 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 116 (CVE-2023-4049)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/01/2023
Created
08/02/2023
Added
08/02/2023
Modified
08/09/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-116_0

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