VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-6857
Windows is unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.66%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
When resolving a symlink, a race may occur where the buffer passed to `readlink` may actually be smaller than necessary. *This bug only affects Firefox on Unix-based operating systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.66% probability · 50th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1796023Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5582Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1796023Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5582Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.