CVE-2023-6862
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2023-12-19 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
A use-after-free was identified in the `nsDNSService::Init`. This issue appears to manifest rarely during start-up. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6 and Thunderbird < 115.6.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 8.8 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox) | ELSA-2024-0026 | 2024-01-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird) | ELSA-2024-0027 | 2024-01-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (firefox) | ELSA-2024-0012 | 2024-01-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird) | ELSA-2024-0003 | 2024-01-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (firefox) | ELSA-2024-0025 | 2024-01-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (thunderbird) | ELSA-2024-0001 | 2024-01-03 |
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