CVE-2023-5171
Firefox Garbage Collection Use-After-Free Write
Description
During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 27, 2023, 3:19 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 12, 2023, 2:52 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2023-5171 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2023-5171
vulnerability.
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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-2023-5171.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1851599 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/ | 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-2023-5171 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2023-5171 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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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 05, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1851599 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1851599 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/ Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-416 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 118 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 115.3 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 115.3 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506 [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-2023-5171 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-2023-5171
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.15 }} 0.02%
score
0.52280
percentile