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CVE-2023-5169 Details

Description

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846685 CVEIssue TrackingPermissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/ CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
< 118

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox esr
< 115.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird
< 115.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
10.0
11.0
12.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
39

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-5169
NVD Published Date:
Sep 27, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2023-5169 Details - Not Deferred