CVE-2023-6861

2023-12-2000:00:00

ubuntu.com

cve-2023-6861

nswindow::pickeropen(void)

heap buffer overflow

headless mode

firefox esr

thunderbird

firefox

vulnerability

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

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

41.5%

JSON

The nsWindow::PickerOpen(void) method was susceptible to a heap buffer
overflow when running in headless mode. This vulnerability affects Firefox
ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

Notes

Author	Note
tyhicks	mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine
mdeslaur	starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchfirefox< 121.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs102< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchmozjs102< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchmozjs102< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmozjs38< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmozjs52< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmozjs52< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmozjs68< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs78< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs91< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	firefox	< 121.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	mozjs102	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	mozjs102	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	mozjs102	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	mozjs38	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	mozjs52	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	mozjs52	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	mozjs68	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	mozjs78	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	mozjs91	< any	UNKNOWN