Type conversion in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2023-25737
Published: February 15, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72252
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25737
CWE-ID: CWE-704
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid downcast from nsTextNode to SVGElement in SVGUtils::SetupStrokeGeometry(). A remote attacker can trigger type conversion error and potentially execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-25737
Install updates from vendor's website.