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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)

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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)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/25/2023
Created
11/01/2023
Added
11/01/2023
Modified
09/03/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • 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

References

  • CVE-2023-5728
  • RHSA-2023:6162
  • RHSA-2023:6186
  • RHSA-2023:6187
  • RHSA-2023:6188
  • RHSA-2023:6191
  • RHSA-2023:6194
  • RHSA-2023:6195
  • RHSA-2023:6199
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