NULL pointer dereference in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2023-25733

 

NULL pointer dereference in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2023-25733

Published: February 15, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72260
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25733
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in TaskbarPreviewCallback when processing data returned from gfx::SourceSurfaceSkia::Map(). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Ubuntu
openEuler
Firefox for Android
Firefox Focus for Android
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource

How to mitigate CVE-2023-25733

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 110.0
Firefox for Android - update to 110.0
Firefox Focus for Android - update to 110.0.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 110.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 110.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 110.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 110.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

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