CVE-2023-5176

Summary

CVECVE-2023-5176
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-27 15:19:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-12 02:56:00 UTC
DescriptionMemory safety bugs present in Firefox 117, Firefox ESR 115.2, and Thunderbird 115.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3601-1] thunderbird security update MISC lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5513-1 thunderbird MISC www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3587-1] firefox-esr security update MISC lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 118 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Bug List MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5506-1 firefox-esr MISC www.debian.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 115.3 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 115.3 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160952 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2023-5435)
  • 160954 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2023-5434)
  • 160959 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2023-5433)
  • 160961 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2023-5428)
  • 160972 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2023-5475)
  • 160976 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2023-5477)
  • 199794 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-6405-1)
  • 199795 Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-6404-1)
  • 242088 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5429)
  • 242089 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5438)
  • 242090 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2023:5433)
  • 242091 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5435)
  • 242092 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2023:5427)
  • 242093 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2023:5437)
  • 242094 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5439)
  • 242095 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5430)
  • 242096 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2023:5436)
  • 242097 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2023:5434)
  • 242098 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2023:5426)
  • 242099 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5432)
  • 242100 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2023:5440)
  • 242101 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5428)
  • 242108 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2023:5475)
  • 242115 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2023:5477)
  • 296106 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 64.157.2 Missing (CPUOCT2023)
  • 356892 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for firefox : ALAS2FIREFOX-2023-017
  • 378899 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-42)
  • 378900 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-41)
  • 378901 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-43)
  • 503462 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 506070 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 6000145 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DLA 3601-1)
  • 6000154 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DLA 3587-1)
  • 6000206 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DSA 5513-1)
  • 6000217 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DSA 5506-1)
  • 710875 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202402-25)
  • 754953 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:3837-1)
  • 754994 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:3899-1)
  • 754995 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:3898-1)
  • 755053 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (SUSE-SU-2023:4016-1)
  • 941287 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2023:5435)
  • 941288 AlmaLinux Security Update for firefox (ALSA-2023:5434)
  • 961025 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2023:5428)
  • 961027 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2023:5435)
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