6.5

CVE-2023-29549: mozilla firefox Inadequate Encryption Strength

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-29549
Published 02-06-2023Last modified 10-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-29549 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12882-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-6010-1

Timeline

  1. 02-06-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Under certain circumstances, a call to the <code>bind</code> function may have resulted in the incorrect realm. This may have created a vulnerability relating to JavaScript-implemented sandboxes such as SES. This vulnerability affects Firefox for Android < 112, Firefox < 112, and Focus for Android < 112.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu6 products
  • firefox< 112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla5 products

2 vendors · 11 products

References

6 links