cve-2023-6865
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-19 13:38
Modified
2024-08-02 08:42
Severity ?
Summary
`EncryptingOutputStream` was susceptible to exposing uninitialized data. This issue could only be abused in order to write data to a local disk which may have implications for private browsing mode. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6 and Firefox < 121.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1864123Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox
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