PT-2023-6528 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+5

Stefan Arentz + 1 · Published 2023-10-24 · Updated 2025-03-14 · CVE-2023-5731

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 119

Description The issue is related to memory safety bugs in Firefox, which can lead to memory corruption. With sufficient effort, these bugs could potentially be exploited to run arbitrary code. The vulnerability is also described as a buffer overflow issue when processing HTML content, which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 119, update to version 119 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of HTML content processing in Firefox until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-6639

ALT-PU-2024-13898

ALT-PU-2024-15839

ALT-PU-2024-15840

BDU:2023-07275

CVE-2023-5731

OESA-2025-1265

OESA-2025-1268

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_4214-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13385-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

SUSE-SU-2023:4212-1

SUSE-SU-2023:4213-1

SUSE-SU-2023:4214-1

USN-6456-1

USN-6456-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Firefox

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2094

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5730 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43097 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6607 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9402 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6613 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5721 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4771 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5725 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3600 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1549 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6859 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-1268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4367 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3862 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3856 · Security Note