CVE-2023-5176

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Thunderbird 115.3

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2, and Thunderbird 115.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Errores de seguridad de la memoria presentes en Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2 y Thunderbird 115.2. Algunos de estos errores mostraron evidencia de corrupción de memoria y suponemos que con suficiente esfuerzo algunos de ellos podrían haberse aprovechado para ejecutar código arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3 y Thunderbird < 115.3.

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Memory safety bugs are present in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2, and Thunderbird 115.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption, and we presume that with enough effort, some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.

*Credits: Chris Peterson, Andrew McCreight, André Bargull, Nika Layzell and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team

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
2024-10-29 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)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html	Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41	2023-10-12
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42	2023-10-12
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43	2023-10-12
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5176	2023-10-05
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240896	2023-10-05

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
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
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 115.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 115.3"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
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"		-		Affected
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"		-		Affected