Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Firefox for Android by Mozilla
CVE-2023-25747

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mozilla
Status
Firefox For Android
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 June 2023

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the libaudio component of Firefox for Android that can be exploited when the AAudio backend is enabled on devices running Android API levels below 30. This issue can lead to unexpected behavior in the application. Mozilla has addressed this vulnerability by disabling the AAudio backend for affected API levels. Users are encouraged to update to Firefox for Android version 110.1.0 or later to ensure the application runs securely.

Affected Version(s)

Firefox for Android < 110.1.0

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1815801
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-08/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Chris Peterson
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