Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2023-32211

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Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2023-32211

Published: May 9, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75880
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32211
CWE-ID: CWE-843
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 type confusion error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, trigger a type confusion error and crash the browser.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
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
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
libmozjs-102-0 (Ubuntu package)
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird
firefox (Red Hat package)
firefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mozjs102-debugsource
mozjs102-debuginfo
mozjs102
mozjs102-devel
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-x11
firefox-wayland
firefox-langpacks
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring

How to mitigate CVE-2023-32211

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 113.0
Firefox ESR - update to 102.11.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 102.11.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring - update to 2.3 Fix Pack 7
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.10.1, 1:102.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 102.11.0
mozilla-firefox - addressed in versions 102.11.0esr, 113.0
libmozjs-102-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 102.11.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 102.11.0-0ubuntu0.22.10.1, 102.11.0-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 102.11.0esr-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.11.0-1.el7_9, 102.11.0-1.el8_1, 102.11.0-1.el8_2, 102.11.0-1.el8_4, 102.11.0-1.el8_6, 102.11.0-1.el8_7, 102.11.0-1.el9_0, 102.11.0-1.el9_2
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:102.11.0-1~deb11u1
thunderbird - update to 102.11.0-1.0.1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.11.0-2.el7_9, 102.11.0-2.el8_1, 102.11.0-2.el8_2, 102.11.0-2.el8_4, 102.11.0-2.el8_6, 102.11.0-2.el8_7, 102.11.0-2.el9_0, 102.11.0-2.el9_2
firefox - addressed in versions 102.11.0-2.0.1, 115.3.0-1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 102.11.0-112.159.1, 102.11.0-150000.150.85.1, 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 102.11.0-112.159.1, 102.11.0-150000.150.85.1, 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 102.11.0-112.159.1, 102.11.0-150000.150.85.1, 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 102.11.0-112.159.1, 102.11.0-150000.150.85.1, 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 102.11.0-112.159.1, 102.11.0-150000.150.85.1, 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 102.11.0-150000.150.85.1, 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.11.0-150200.8.116.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.11.0-150200.8.116.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.11.0-150200.8.116.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.11.0-150200.8.116.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.11.0-150200.8.116.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 102.12
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 102.12
mozjs102-debugsource - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102-debuginfo - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102 - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102-devel - update to 102.15.1-1
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 113.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 113.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 113.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 113.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox-x11 - update to 115.3.0-1
firefox-wayland - update to 115.3.0-1
firefox-langpacks - update to 115.3.0-1

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