CVE-2023-5168

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202402-25

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*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.

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.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 115.7.0 are affected.

*Credits: sonakkbi

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-25 CVE Reserved
2023-09-27 CVE Published
2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
2025-05-01 CVE 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