CVE-2023-5176
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-27 14:13
Modified
2024-08-02 07:52
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1836353%2C1842674%2C1843824%2C1843962%2C1848890%2C1850180%2C1850983%2C1851195Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506Third 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
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaThunderbird
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