CVE-2023-5169

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 31
Modified
Published: 27 Sept 2023, 14:13
Last modified:13 Feb 2025, 17:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.24% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Sept 2023, 14:13
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
13 Feb 2025, 17:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` 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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.24%• Percentile: 47%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    39

  • Unknown•Firefox

    ≥ unspecified, < 118 | < 118

  • mozilla•firefox esr

    ≥ unspecified, < 115.3 | < 115.3

  • mozilla•thunderbird

    ≥ unspecified, < 115.3 | < 115.3

References (9)