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Red Hat: CVE-2023-5728: Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash. (Multiple Advisories)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2023-5728: Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash. (Multiple Advisories)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2023-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CWE-416, Red Hat, 2023, 5728, Improper object tracking during GC in the JavaScript engine could have led to a crash. (Multiple Advisories), redhat-upgrade-firefox, redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource, redhat-upgrade-firefox-x11, redhat-upgrade-thunderbird, redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource, Severity 6

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Published

Oct 25, 2023

Added

Nov 1, 2023

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

During garbage collection extra operations were performed on a object that should not be. This could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 119, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and Thunderbird < 115.4.1.

Solutions

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