CVE-2023-32213
Mozilla: Potential memory corruption in FileReader::DoReadData()
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
When reading a file, an uninitialized value could have been used as read limit. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113, Firefox ESR < 102.11, and Thunderbird < 102.11.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: When reading a file, an uninitialized value could have been used as read limit.
USN-6074-1 fixed vulnerabilities and USN-6074-2 fixed minor regressions in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when using RLBox Expat driver. An attacker could potentially exploits this issue to cause a denial of service. Anne van Kesteren discovered that Firefox did not properly validate the import call in service workers. An attacker could potentially exploits this to obtain sensitive information. Sam Ezeh discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain favicon image files. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious favicon file, an attacker could cause a denial of service.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2023-05-04 CVE Reserved
- 2023-05-11 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2025-01-21 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-457: Use of Uninitialized Variable
- CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource
CAPEC
References (7)
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-03 | 2024-01-07 | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10 | 2024-01-07 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-16 | 2024-01-07 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-17 | 2024-01-07 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-18 | 2024-01-07 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32213 | 2023-05-18 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196742 | 2023-05-18 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 113.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 113.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 102.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 102.11" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 102.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.11" | - |
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