USN-6404-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 16 Downstream: 0
Published: 03 Oct 2023, 06:27
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Oct 2023, 06:27
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

firefox vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5169, CVE-2023-5170, CVE-2023-5171, CVE-2023-5172, CVE-2023-5175, CVE-2023-5176) Ronald Crane discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when non-HTTPS Alternate Services (network.http.altsvc.oe) is enabled. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-5173) Clément Lecigne discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when handling VP8 media stream. An attacker-controlled VP8 media stream could lead to a heap buffer overflow in the content process, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5217)

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•firefox

    < 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

References (9)