CVE-2023-6864
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 121, Firefox ESR 115.6, and Thunderbird 115.6
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Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5. 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 ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.
Errores de seguridad de la memoria presentes en Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5 y Thunderbird 115.5. 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 ESR <115.6, Thunderbird <115.6 y Firefox <121.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5. 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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2023-12-15 CVE Reserved
- 2023-12-19 CVE Published
- 2024-02-02 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-02 CVE 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 (11)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1736385%2C1810805%2C1846328%2C1856090%2C1858033%2C1858509%2C1862089%2C1862777%2C1864015 | Broken Link | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00021.html | Mailing List |
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| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5582 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54 | 2024-02-02 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55 | 2024-02-02 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56 | 2024-02-02 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6864 | 2024-01-02 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255370 | 2024-01-02 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 121.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 121.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 115.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 115.6" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 115.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 115.6" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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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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