CVE-2023-28177 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 110. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111.

Published: 2023-06-02

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 111

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-31885	Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 110. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5954-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00229.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1803109%2C1808832%2C1809542%2C1817336
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/

History

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2023-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-08T20:15:40.630Z

Reserved: 2023-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28177

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:30:24.574Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-02T17:15:12.347

Modified: 2025-01-08T21:15:07.957

Link: CVE-2023-28177

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

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