CVE-2023-5173 (GCVE-0-2023-5173)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-27 14:13 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:19
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Summary
In a non-standard configuration of Firefox, an integer overflow could have occurred based on network traffic (possibly under influence of a local unprivileged webpage), leading to an out-of-bounds write to privileged process memory. *This bug only affects Firefox if a non-standard preference allowing non-HTTPS Alternate Services (`network.http.altsvc.oe`) is enabled.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.
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CWE
  • Out-of-bounds write in HTTP Alternate Services
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Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 118 (custom)
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Credits
Ronald Crane
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