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CVE-2024-2612

Mozilla: Self referencing object could have potentially led to a use-after-free

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 19, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:

If an attacker could find a way to trigger a particular code path in SafeRefPtr, it could have triggered a crash or potentially be leveraged to achieve code execution.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-416 · Use After Free