UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5172

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5172

    Published: 28 Sept 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-5172
    Aliases:
    USN-6404-1

    Summary:

    Details: A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a live interior reference, leading to a potential use-after-free and exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5172, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/#CVE-2023-5172, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852218, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6404-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5172

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mozjs52

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    52.3.1-0ubuntu3
    52.3.1-7fakesync1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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