CVE-2023-5168
criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to `FilterNodeD2D1` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (24)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v2 / Windows 10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v2__windows_10
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-2448Mozilla Firefox und Thunderbird: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox ESR und Mozilla Thunderbird ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.
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sources
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references (17)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846683cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-5168/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Mozilla-Firefox-Thunderbird-multiple-vulnerabilities-42386cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.5535cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.5839cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/cnnvd
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