CVE-2023-5169

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedSep 27, 2023
First seenSep 27, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox118 or later
  • mozilla firefox_esr115.3 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird115.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 118118
mozilla firefox_esrv < 115.3115.3
mozilla thunderbirdv < 115.3115.3
debian debian_linux10.0, 11.0, 12.0—
fedoraproject fedora39—

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