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HistorySep 27, 2023 - 3:19 p.m.

CVE-2023-5171

2023-09-2715:19:42
CWE-416
web.nvd.nist.gov
ion compilation
garbage collection
use-after-free
nul bytes
exploitable crash
firefox
firefox esr
thunderbird
vulnerability

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

31.6%

During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
mozillafirefoxRange<118
OR
mozillafirefox_esrRange<115.3
OR
mozillathunderbirdRange<115.3
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch10.0
OR
debiandebian_linuxMatch11.0
OR
debiandebian_linuxMatch12.0
Node
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch39

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

31.6%