CVE-2023-6208

2023-11-2100:00:00

ubuntu.com

x11

text selection

vulnerability

firefox

versions

cve-2023-6208

thunderbird

ubuntu

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.6%

JSON

When using X11, text selected by the page using the Selection API was
erroneously copied into the primary selection, a temporary storage not
unlike the clipboard. This bug only affects Firefox on X11. Other systems
are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120, Firefox ESR <
115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.

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

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchfirefox< 120.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs102< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchmozjs102< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchmozjs102< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmozjs38< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmozjs52< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmozjs52< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmozjs68< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs78< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs91< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	firefox	< 120.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	mozjs102	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	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