VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-5169
A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.01%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.01% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846685Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846685Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.