Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-4573

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Use-after-free in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-4573

Published: August 29, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80090
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-2023-4573
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in IPC CanvasTranslator. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
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
Slackware Linux
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Oracle Solaris
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox
thunderbird
firefox-debugsource
firefox-debuginfo
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mozjs102-debugsource
mozjs102-devel
mozjs102
mozjs102-debuginfo
mozilla-firefox
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4573

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 117.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 102.15.0, 115.2.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3.8
Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 102.15.0, 115.2.0
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 62
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 102.15.0esr-1~deb11u1, 102.15.0esr-1~deb12u1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.15.0-1.el7_9, 102.15.0-1.el8_1, 102.15.0-1.el8_2, 102.15.0-1.el8_4, 102.15.0-1.el8_6, 102.15.0-1.el8_8, 102.15.0-1.el9_0, 102.15.0-1.el9_2
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.15.0-1.el7_9, 102.15.0-1.el8_1, 102.15.0-1.el8_2, 102.15.0-1.el8_4, 102.15.0-1.el8_8, 102.15.0-1.el9_0, 102.15.0-1.el9_2
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:102.15.0-1~deb11u1, 1:102.15.0-1~deb12u1
firefox - update to 102.15.0-1.0.1
thunderbird - update to 102.15.0-1.0.1
firefox-debugsource - update to 102.15.0-2
firefox-debuginfo - update to 102.15.0-2
firefox - update to 102.15.0-2
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.15.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.15.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.15.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
mozjs102-debugsource - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102-devel - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102 - update to 102.15.1-1
mozjs102-debuginfo - update to 102.15.1-1
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.2.0esr
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 115.7.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 115.7.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - update to 117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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