Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2023-23605

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Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2023-23605

Published: January 17, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71231
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23605
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
firefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird
thunderbird (Debian package)
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-23605

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 109.0
Firefox for Android - update to 109.1.1
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 102.7.0
Firefox ESR - update to 102.7.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring - update to 2.3 Fix Pack 7
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.17
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 102.7.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 102.7.0
mozilla-firefox - addressed in versions 102.7.0esr, 109.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 102.7.0esr-1~deb11u1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.7.0-1.el7_9, 102.7.0-1.el8_1, 102.7.0-1.el8_2, 102.7.0-1.el8_4, 102.7.0-1.el8_6, 102.7.0-1.el8_7, 102.7.0-1.el9_0, 102.7.0-1.el9_1
firefox - update to 102.7.0-1.0.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 102.7.0-112.145.1, 102.7.0-150000.150.71.1, 102.7.0-150200.152.73.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 102.7.0-112.145.1, 102.7.0-150000.150.71.1, 102.7.0-150200.152.73.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 102.7.0-112.145.1, 102.7.0-150000.150.71.1, 102.7.0-150200.152.73.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 102.7.0-112.145.1, 102.7.0-150000.150.71.1, 102.7.0-150200.152.73.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 102.7.0-112.145.1, 102.7.0-150000.150.71.1, 102.7.0-150200.152.73.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 102.7.0-150000.150.71.1, 102.7.0-150200.152.73.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 102.7.0-150200.152.73.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.7.1-1.el7_9, 102.7.1-1.el8_1, 102.7.1-1.el8_2, 102.7.1-1.el8_4, 102.7.1-1.el8_6, 102.7.1-1.el8_7, 102.7.1-1.el9_0, 102.7.1-1.el9_1
thunderbird - update to 102.7.1-1.0.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.7.1-150200.8.102.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.7.1-150200.8.102.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.7.1-150200.8.102.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.7.1-150200.8.102.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.7.1-150200.8.102.1
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:102.8.0-1~deb11u1
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, 109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

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