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CVE-2023-4574 — When creating a callback over IPC for showing the Color Picker window, multiple

When creating a callback over IPC for showing the Color Picker window, multiple of the same callbacks could have been created at a time and eventually all simultaneously destroyed as soon as one of the callbacks finished. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentia

CVSS
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EPSS
0.14% (top 65.50%)
CWE
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Published
2023-09-11T08:00:40.693Z
Last modified
2025-12-18T15:23:01.885Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

When creating a callback over IPC for showing the Color Picker window, multiple of the same callbacks could have been created at a time and eventually all simultaneously destroyed as soon as one of the callbacks finished. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 102.15, Firefox ESR < 115.2, Thunderbird…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefoxunspecified
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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