CVE-2023-29550 (GCVE-0-2023-29550)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-10 19:20
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Summary
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9. 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 < 112, Focus for Android < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, Firefox for Android < 112, and Thunderbird < 102.10.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 112 and Firefox ESR 102.10
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 112 (custom)
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Mozilla Focus for Android Affected: unspecified , < 112 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 102.10 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox for Android Affected: unspecified , < 112 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 102.10 (custom)
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