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CVE-2023-5174

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CVE-2023-5174

Published: Sep 27, 2023

Modified: May 5, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

If Windows failed to duplicate a handle during process creation, the sandbox code may have inadvertently freed a pointer twice, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows when run in non-standard configurations (such as using `runas`). Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 118

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

affected
unspecified - < 115.3

Mozilla

Thunderbird

affected
unspecified - < 115.3

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