CVE-2023-4046 (GCVE-0-2023-4046)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-01 14:57 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:08
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Summary
In some circumstances, a stale value could have been used for a global variable in WASM JIT analysis. This resulted in incorrect compilation and a potentially exploitable crash in the content process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-22 15:25 UTC
CWE
- Incorrect value used during WASM compilation
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 116
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 102.14
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 115.1
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| mozilla | firefox |
Affected:
0 , < 116
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| mozilla | firefox |
Affected:
0 , < 102.14
(custom)
Affected: 0 , < 115.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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"assignerShortName": "mozilla",
"cveId": "CVE-2023-4046",
"datePublished": "2023-08-01T14:57:07.564Z",
"dateReserved": "2023-08-01T14:56:56.562Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-02-13T17:08:24.214Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
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}
}
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
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