Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2023-5172CVE-2023-5172
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
34.9%
A hashtable in the Ion Engine could have been mutated while there was a
live interior reference, leading to a potential use-after-free and
exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
| mdeslaur | starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | firefox | < 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs102 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | mozjs102 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mozjs38 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mozjs52 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mozjs52 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mozjs68 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs78 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs91 | < any | UNKNOWN |
References
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852218
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-5172
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5172
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5172
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6404-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5172
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/#CVE-2023-5172
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/
Related
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
34.9%