CVE-2023-5168

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to `FilterNodeD2D1` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Un proceso de contenido comprometido podría haber proporcionado datos maliciosos a `FilterNodeD2D1`, lo que habría resultado en una escritura fuera de los límites, lo que habría provocado una falla potencialmente explotable en un proceso privilegiado. *Este error sólo afecta a Firefox en Windows. Otros sistemas operativos no se ven afectados.* Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3 y Thunderbird < 115.3.

*Credits: sonakkbi

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 9.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-25 CVE Reserved
2023-09-27 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-27 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41	2023-10-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42	2023-10-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43	2023-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"	< 118 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 118"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"	< 115.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 115.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"	< 115.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 115.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe