CVE-2023-4050
Mozilla: Stack buffer overflow in StorageManager
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
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
References (9)
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html |
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https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464 | Third Party Advisory |
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https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469 | Third Party Advisory |
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29 | 2023-08-09 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30 | 2023-08-09 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31 | 2023-08-09 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4050 | 2023-08-07 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228365 | 2023-08-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 116.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 116.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | >= 102.0 < 102.14 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " >= 102.0 < 102.14" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | >= 115.0 < 115.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " >= 115.0 < 115.1" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 12.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "12.0" | - |
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