Buffer overflow in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-4577
Published: August 29, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80097
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4577
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in JIT UpdateRegExpStatics when UpdateRegExpStatics attempted to access initialStringHeap. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-4577
Install updates from vendor's website.