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CVE-2023-32209 (GCVE-0-2023-32209)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-19 09:36 – Updated: 2025-05-27 16:53
VLAI
Summary
A maliciously crafted favicon could have led to an out of memory crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Persistent DoS via favicon image
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 113 (custom)
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Credits
Sam Ezeh
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