5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-4046
Mozilla Firefox WASM JIT Stale Global Variable Vulnerability
Description

In some circumstances, a stale value could have been used for a global variable in WASM JIT analysis. This resulted in incorrect compilation and a potentially exploitable crash in the content process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 1, 2023, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 22, 2024, 4:35 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-4046 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-4046 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Oct. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-770
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 102.0 from (excluding) 102.14 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 102.0 from (excluding) 102.14
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 115.0 from (excluding) 115.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 115.0 from (excluding) 115.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1837686 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1837686 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 116.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 102.0 up to (excluding) 102.14 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 115.0 up to (excluding) 115.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} 0.02%

score

0.46073

percentile

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