Buffer overflow in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2023-5731

Vulnerability identifier: #VU82348

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-2023-5731

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 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.

Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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 High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
www-client/firefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox for Android - update to 119.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 119.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 115.4.0-112.188.1, 115.4.0-150000.150.113.1, 115.4.0-150200.152.114.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 115.4.0-112.188.1, 115.4.0-150000.150.113.1, 115.4.0-150200.152.114.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 115.4.0-112.188.1, 115.4.0-150000.150.113.1, 115.4.0-150200.152.114.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 115.4.0-112.188.1, 115.4.0-150000.150.113.1, 115.4.0-150200.152.114.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 115.4.0-112.188.1, 115.4.0-150000.150.113.1, 115.4.0-150200.152.114.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 115.4.0-150000.150.113.1, 115.4.0-150200.152.114.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 115.4.0-150200.152.114.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 119.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 119.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-45/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for firefox
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for firefox