CVE-2023-29535
Mozilla: Potential Memory Corruption following Garbage Collector compaction
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
Following a Garbage Collector compaction, weak maps may have been accessed before they were correctly traced. This resulted in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Focus for Android < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, Firefox for Android < 112, and Thunderbird < 102.10.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
Following a Garbage Collector compaction, weak maps may have been accessed before they were correctly traced. This resulted in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2023-04-07 CVE Reserved
- 2023-04-12 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2024-11-12 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1820543 | Issue Tracking |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13 | 2023-06-09 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14 | 2023-06-09 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15 | 2023-06-09 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29535 | 2023-04-17 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2186103 | 2023-04-17 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 112.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 112.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 112.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 112.0" | android |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 102.10 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 102.10" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Focus Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Focus" | < 112.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Focus" and version " < 112.0" | android |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 102.10 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.10" | - |
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