CVE-2023-4050
Mozilla Firefox Stack Buffer Overflow
Description
In some cases, an untrusted input stream was copied to a stack buffer without checking its size. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash which could have led to a sandbox escape. 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. 21, 2024, 7:24 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2023-4050
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2023-4050.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1843038 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/ | Vendor Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2023-4050 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2023-4050 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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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:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1843038 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1843038 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 CWE-787 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]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-4050 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-4050
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.20 }} 0.03%
score
0.58307
percentile