CVE-2023-6212

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Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 119, Firefox ESR 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4. 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 < 120, Firefox ESR < 115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1658432%2C1820983%2C1829252%2C1856072%2C1856091%2C1859030%2C1860943%2C1862782 Broken Link
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-49/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-50/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-52/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5561 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00017.html Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00030.html
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

30 Nov 2023, 16:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00030.html -

28 Nov 2023, 19:30

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Mozilla firefox
Mozilla thunderbird
Mozilla
Debian
Mozilla firefox Esr
Debian debian Linux
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-50/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-50/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-49/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-49/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00017.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00017.html - Mailing List
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5561 - () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5561 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1658432%2C1820983%2C1829252%2C1856072%2C1856091%2C1859030%2C1860943%2C1862782 - () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1658432%2C1820983%2C1829252%2C1856072%2C1856091%2C1859030%2C1860943%2C1862782 - Broken Link
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-52/ - () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-52/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-787

24 Nov 2023, 01:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00017.html -

23 Nov 2023, 01:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5561 -

22 Nov 2023, 17:15

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Summary Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 119, Firefox 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4. 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 < 120, Firefox < 115.5, and Thunderbird < 115.5.0. Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 119, Firefox ESR 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4. 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 < 120, Firefox ESR < 115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.

21 Nov 2023, 16:30

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-11-21 15:15

Updated : 2023-11-30 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-6212

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6212

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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

mozilla

  • firefox
  • thunderbird
  • firefox_esr
CWE
CWE-787

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