CVE-2023-6866 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

TypedArrays can be fallible and lacked proper exception handling. This could lead to abuse in other APIs which expect TypedArrays to always succeed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.

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 0.00931.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-59070	TypedArrays can be fallible and lacked proper exception handling. This could lead to abuse in other APIs which expect TypedArrays to always succeed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6562-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1849037
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/

History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2023-12-19T13:38:48.512Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:26:39.281Z

Reserved: 2023-12-15T17:42:56.928Z

Link: CVE-2023-6866

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:42:07.897Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-19T14:15:07.847

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:44:43.173

Link: CVE-2023-6866

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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