CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects Firefox. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2023-5171
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.02%
Firefox
Original NVD Description
During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
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