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[email protected]CVE-2023-6857

HistoryDec 19, 2023 - 2:15 p.m.

CVE-2023-6857

2023-12-1914:15:07

CWE-362

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2023-6857

symlink

race condition

readlink

firefox esr

thunderbird

5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

2.6 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

43.1%

JSON

When resolving a symlink, a race may occur where the buffer passed to readlink may actually be smaller than necessary.
This bug only affects Firefox on Unix-based operating systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

VendorProductVersionCPE
mozillafirefox_esr*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozillathunderbird*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozillafirefox*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
mozilla	firefox_esr	*	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
mozilla	thunderbird	*	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
mozilla	firefox	*	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::