FKIE_CVE-2023-5169

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-27 15:19 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:47
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846685Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846685Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox_esr *
mozilla thunderbird *
debian debian_linux 10.0
debian debian_linux 11.0
debian debian_linux 12.0
fedoraproject fedora 39
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