Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2023-32216

Vulnerability identifier: #VU75885

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-2023-32216

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 113.0
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 - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-16/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for firefox
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for firefox