CVE-2023-6868: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-6868 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 3Timeline
- 19-12-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 13-02-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In some instances, the user-agent would allow push requests which lacked a valid VAPID even though the push manager subscription defined one. This could allow empty messages to be sent from unauthorized parties. *This bug only affects Firefox on Android.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.49%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
41%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.49% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu6 products
- mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard1 product
- firefox-esr< 121.0-r0
Mozilla1 product
- firefox≥ unspecified, < 121 | < 121.0
3 vendors · 8 products
References
6 links- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10Third Party Advisory