PT-2023-1271 · Mozilla+4 · Firefox+4

Mozilla Developers · Published 2023-01-17 · Updated 2025-01-10 · CVE-2023-23606

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 109

Description The issue is related to memory safety bugs, including evidence of memory corruption, which could potentially be exploited to run arbitrary code. This is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted website.

Recommendations For versions prior to 109, update to version 109 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to untrusted websites to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-1084

ALT-PU-2023-1478

ALT-PU-2023-5754

ALT-PU-2023-6436

ALT-PU-2024-3614

BDU:2023-00538

CVE-2023-23606

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12623-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-5816-1

USN-5816-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Firefox

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 1889

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23598 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23606 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12623-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5816-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23599 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23605 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20220829SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23604 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23606 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2023-0727SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23603 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23606 · Vendor Advisory