Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2023-4058

 

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2023-4058

Published: August 1, 2023 / Updated: August 2, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78858
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-2023-4058
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 into opening a specially crafted web page, 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 for Android
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4058

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 116.0
Firefox for Android - update to 116.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2, 116.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 116.0.3+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

External References

Related Security Bulletins