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GHSA-JW9M-8H6F-3Q76

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-27 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:55

Details

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to FilterNodeD2D1 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.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-5168 (GCVE-0-2023-5168)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-27 14:12 – Updated: 2025-05-01 20:13

Summary

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to `FilterNodeD2D1` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Out-of-bounds write in FilterNodeD2D1

Assigner

mozilla

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846683
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected: unspecified , < 118 (custom)

	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 115.3 (custom)
	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 115.3 (custom)

Credits

sonakkbi

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-JW9M-8H6F-3Q76

CVE-2023-5168 (GCVE-0-2023-5168)

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