CVE-2023-4056 (GCVE-0-2023-4056)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-01 15:01 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:08
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Summary
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 115.0, Firefox ESR 102.13, Thunderbird 115.0, and Thunderbird 102.13. 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 < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 115.1, Firefox ESR 102.14, Thunderbird 115.1, and Thunderbird 102.14
Assigner
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 116 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 102.14 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 115.1 (custom)
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Credits
Dianna Smith, Ryan VanderMeulen, Timothy Nikkel, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team
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