Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2023-4582

 

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2023-4582

Published: August 29, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80100
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-2023-4582
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 in WebGL glGetProgramiv. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability affects only Firefox installations on macOS.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
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 Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Package Hub 15
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Mozilla Thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4582

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 117.0
Firefox ESR - update to 115.2.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3.8
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 115.2.0
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.2.0esr
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 - 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-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-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-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-translations-common - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
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-debuginfo - 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
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

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