VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-6858
Firefox was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow in `nsTextFragment` due to insufficient OOM handling.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.54%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Firefox was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow in `nsTextFragment` due to insufficient OOM handling. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.54% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1826791Issue 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=1826791Issue 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.