Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2023-4576

 

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2023-4576

Published: August 29, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80093
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-2023-4576
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 integer overflow in RecordedSourceSurfaceCreation. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

Note, the vulnerability affects Firefox installations on Windows only.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 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
Oracle Solaris
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Mozilla Thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4576

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
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.2.0esr
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 115.7.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 115.7.0

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