CVE-2023-6212 (GCVE-0-2023-6212)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-21 14:28 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:26
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Summary
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 119, Firefox ESR 115.4, and Thunderbird 115.4. 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 < 120, Firefox ESR < 115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.
Severity
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CWE
  • Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5
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Impacted products
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 120 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 115.5.0 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 115.5 (custom)
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Credits
Mozilla Developers
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