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CVE-2023-6858

Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in <code>nsTextFragment</code>

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Firefox was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow in `nsTextFragment` due to insufficient OOM handling. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

Firefox era susceptible a un desbordamiento de bĂșfer en `nsTextFragment` debido a un manejo insuficiente de OOM. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox ESR &lt;115.6, Thunderbird &lt;115.6 y Firefox &lt;121.

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Firefox was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow in `nsTextFragment` due to insufficient OOM handling.

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing, or execute arbitrary code. Marcus Brinkmann discovered that Thunderbird did not properly parse a PGP/MIME payload that contains digitally signed text. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to spoof an email message.

*Credits: Irvan Kurniawan
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
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:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-12-15 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-12-19 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-13 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-122: Heap-based 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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< 121.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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< 115.6
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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< 115.6
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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10.0
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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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