8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.4%
The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 121.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2023-56 advisory.
The WebGL <code>DrawElementsInstanced</code> method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when used on systems with the Mesa VM driver. This issue could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution and sandbox escape. (CVE-2023-6856)
Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as Minerva. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. (CVE-2023-6135)
<code>EncryptingOutputStream</code> was susceptible to exposing uninitialized data. This issue could only be abused in order to write data to a local disk which may have implications for private browsing mode.
(CVE-2023-6865)
When resolving a symlink, a race may occur where the buffer passed to <code>readlink</code> may actually be smaller than necessary. This bug only affects Firefox on Unix-based operating systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected. (CVE-2023-6857)
Firefox was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow in <code>nsTextFragment</code> due to insufficient OOM handling. (CVE-2023-6858)
A use-after-free condition affected TLS socket creation when under memory pressure. (CVE-2023-6859)
TypedArrays can be fallible and lacked proper exception handling. This could lead to abuse in other APIs which expect TypedArrays to always succeed. (CVE-2023-6866)
The <code>VideoBridge</code> allowed any content process to use textures produced by remote decoders. This could be abused to escape the sandbox. (CVE-2023-6860)
The timing of a button click causing a popup to disappear was approximately the same length as the anti- clickjacking delay on permission prompts. It was possible to use this fact to surprise users by luring them to click where the permission grant button would be about to appear. (CVE-2023-6867)
The <code>nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)</code> method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when running in headless mode. (CVE-2023-6861)
In some instances, the user-agent would allow push requests which lacked a valid VAPID even though the push manager subscription defined one. This could allow empty messages to be sent from unauthorized parties. This bug only affects Firefox on Android. (CVE-2023-6868)
A <code><dialog></code> element could have been manipulated to paint content outside of a sandboxed iframe. This could allow untrusted content to display under the guise of trusted content. (CVE-2023-6869)
Applications which spawn a Toast notification in a background thread may have obscured fullscreen notifications displayed by Firefox. This issue only affects Android versions of Firefox and Firefox Focus. (CVE-2023-6870)
Under certain conditions, Firefox did not display a warning when a user attempted to navigate to a new protocol handler. (CVE-2023-6871)
Browser tab titles were being leaked by GNOME to system logs. This could potentially expose the browsing habits of users running in a private tab. (CVE-2023-6872)
The <code>ShutdownObserver()</code> was susceptible to potentially undefined behavior due to its reliance on a dynamic type that lacked a virtual destructor. (CVE-2023-6863)
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5. 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. (CVE-2023-6864)
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 120. 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.
(CVE-2023-6873)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2023-56.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(187080);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/26");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2023-6135",
"CVE-2023-6856",
"CVE-2023-6857",
"CVE-2023-6858",
"CVE-2023-6859",
"CVE-2023-6860",
"CVE-2023-6861",
"CVE-2023-6863",
"CVE-2023-6864",
"CVE-2023-6865",
"CVE-2023-6866",
"CVE-2023-6867",
"CVE-2023-6868",
"CVE-2023-6869",
"CVE-2023-6870",
"CVE-2023-6871",
"CVE-2023-6872",
"CVE-2023-6873"
);
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0702-S");
script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 121.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 121.0. It is, therefore, affected by
multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2023-56 advisory.
- The WebGL <code>DrawElementsInstanced</code> method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when used on
systems with the Mesa VM driver. This issue could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution and
sandbox escape. (CVE-2023-6856)
- Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as Minerva. This attack could
potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. (CVE-2023-6135)
- <code>EncryptingOutputStream</code> was susceptible to exposing uninitialized data. This issue could only
be abused in order to write data to a local disk which may have implications for private browsing mode.
(CVE-2023-6865)
- When resolving a symlink, a race may occur where the buffer passed to <code>readlink</code> may actually
be smaller than necessary. This bug only affects Firefox on Unix-based operating systems (Android, Linux,
MacOS). Windows is unaffected. (CVE-2023-6857)
- Firefox was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow in <code>nsTextFragment</code> due to insufficient OOM
handling. (CVE-2023-6858)
- A use-after-free condition affected TLS socket creation when under memory pressure. (CVE-2023-6859)
- TypedArrays can be fallible and lacked proper exception handling. This could lead to abuse in other APIs
which expect TypedArrays to always succeed. (CVE-2023-6866)
- The <code>VideoBridge</code> allowed any content process to use textures produced by remote decoders. This
could be abused to escape the sandbox. (CVE-2023-6860)
- The timing of a button click causing a popup to disappear was approximately the same length as the anti-
clickjacking delay on permission prompts. It was possible to use this fact to surprise users by luring
them to click where the permission grant button would be about to appear. (CVE-2023-6867)
- The <code>nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)</code> method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when running
in headless mode. (CVE-2023-6861)
- In some instances, the user-agent would allow push requests which lacked a valid VAPID even though the
push manager subscription defined one. This could allow empty messages to be sent from unauthorized
parties. This bug only affects Firefox on Android. (CVE-2023-6868)
- A <code><dialog></code> element could have been manipulated to paint content outside of a sandboxed
iframe. This could allow untrusted content to display under the guise of trusted content. (CVE-2023-6869)
- Applications which spawn a Toast notification in a background thread may have obscured fullscreen
notifications displayed by Firefox. This issue only affects Android versions of Firefox and Firefox
Focus. (CVE-2023-6870)
- Under certain conditions, Firefox did not display a warning when a user attempted to navigate to a new
protocol handler. (CVE-2023-6871)
- Browser tab titles were being leaked by GNOME to system logs. This could potentially expose the browsing
habits of users running in a private tab. (CVE-2023-6872)
- The <code>ShutdownObserver()</code> was susceptible to potentially undefined behavior due to its reliance
on a dynamic type that lacked a virtual destructor. (CVE-2023-6863)
- Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5. 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. (CVE-2023-6864)
- Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 120. 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.
(CVE-2023-6873)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 121.0 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-6873");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/12/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/12/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/12/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("MacOSX/Firefox/Installed");
exit(0);
}
include('mozilla_version.inc');
var kb_base = 'MacOSX/Firefox';
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Installed');
var version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Version', exit_code:1);
var path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Path', exit_code:1);
var is_esr = get_kb_item(kb_base+'/is_esr');
if (is_esr) exit(0, 'The Mozilla Firefox installation is in the ESR branch.');
mozilla_check_version(version:version, path:path, product:'firefox', esr:FALSE, fix:'121.0', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6135
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6856
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6857
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6858
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6859
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6860
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6861
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6863
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6864
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6865
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6866
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6867
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6868
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6869
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6870
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6871
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6872
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6873
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.4%