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CVE-2023-5170 Details

Description

In canvas rendering, a compromised content process could have caused a surface to change unexpectedly, leading to a memory leak of a privileged process. This memory leak could be used to effect a sandbox escape if the correct data was leaked. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.4 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846686 CVEIssue TrackingPermissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10 CVE
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846686 [email protected]Issue TrackingPermissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
< 118.0

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-5170
NVD Published Date:
Sep 27, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2023-5170 Details - Not Deferred