Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-28176
Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Andrew McCreight, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 110 and Firefox ESR 102.8. 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. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111, Firefox ESR < 102.9, and Thunderbird < 102.9.
Vulnerability category: Memory Corruption
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-28176
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.06%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 26 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-28176
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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8.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.8
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5.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-28176
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The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-28176
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 102.9 — MozillaVendor Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 111 — MozillaVendor Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-11/
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 102.9 — MozillaVendor Advisory
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1808352%2C1811637%2C1815904%2C1817442%2C1818674
Bug ListNot Applicable;Vendor Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2023-28176
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*