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CVE-2023-4050

Mozilla: Stack buffer overflow in StorageManager

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

In some cases, an untrusted input stream was copied to a stack buffer without checking its size. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash which could have led to a sandbox escape. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: In some cases, an untrusted input stream was copied to a stack buffer without checking its size. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash which could have led to a sandbox escape.

USN-6267-1 fixed vulnerabilities and USN-6267-2 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. Max Vlasov discovered that Firefox Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to access image data from another site in violation of same-origin policy. Alexander Guryanov discovered that Firefox did not properly update the value of a global variable in WASM JIT analysis in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. Mark Brand discovered that Firefox did not properly validate the size of an untrusted input stream. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.

*Credits: Mark Brand
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-08-01 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-08-01 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-13 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla
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Firefox
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< 116.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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>= 102.0 < 102.14
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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>= 115.0 < 115.1
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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11.0
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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12.0
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