Invalid pointer in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 157 and Firefox 157.
Weakness
The product attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but it calls the wrong release function or calls the appropriate release function incorrectly.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | Mozilla | * | 157.0.0 (excluding) |
| Thunderbird | Mozilla | * | 157.0 (excluding) |
| Mozjs102 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/noble | * |
| Mozjs102 | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Mozjs102 | Ubuntu | noble | * |
| Mozjs115 | Ubuntu | noble | * |
| Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | esm-infra/bionic | * |
| Mozjs68 | Ubuntu | esm-infra/focal | * |
| Mozjs78 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/jammy | * |
| Mozjs78 | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Mozjs91 | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
Extended Description
This weakness can take several forms, such as:
Potential Mitigations
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.