CVE-2023-5173

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-5173
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-27 15:19:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-07 11:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn a non-standard configuration of Firefox, an integer overflow could have occurred based on network traffic (possibly under influence of a local unprivileged webpage), leading to an out-of-bounds write to privileged process memory. *This bug only affects Firefox if a non-standard preference allowing non-HTTPS Alternate Services (`network.http.altsvc.oe`) is enabled.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10 security.gentoo.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 118 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199795 Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-6404-1)
  • 378900 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-41)
  • 710830 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-10)
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