CVE-2023-5168

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/27/2023

Last Modified5/1/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:windowsmozilla:firefoxmozilla:firefox_esrmozilla:thunderbird

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787CWE-787

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846683(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846683(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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