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CVE-2023-6859 — A use-after-free condition affected TLS socket creation when under memory pressu

A use-after-free condition affected TLS socket creation when under memory pressure. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

CVSS
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EPSS
0.45% (top 36.70%)
CWE
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Published
2023-12-19T13:38:39.872Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T17:26:35.464Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A use-after-free condition affected TLS socket creation when under memory pressure. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified
MozillaFirefoxunspecified

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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