9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2023-5730
"Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Memory Corruption Vulnerability"
Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Thunderbird 115.3. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 119, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and Thunderbird < 115.4.1.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 25, 2023, 6:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 1, 2023, 7:54 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-5730 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
3 Mozilla thunderbird
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-2023-5730 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1836607%2C1840918%2C1848694%2C1848833%2C1850191%2C1850259%2C1852596%2C1853201%2C1854002%2C1855306%2C1855640%2C1856695 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1836607%2C1840918%2C1848694%2C1848833%2C1850191%2C1850259%2C1852596%2C1853201%2C1854002%2C1855306%2C1855640%2C1856695 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00037.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00042.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00042.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5535 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5535 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5538 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5538 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-45/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-45/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-46/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-46/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-47/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-47/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 119.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 115.4 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 115.4.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 29, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00042.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 29, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5538 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00037.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5535 [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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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.17 }} 0.05%

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0.54711

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