CVE-2023-6873
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 120. 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 < 121.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (37)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform_4.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform_4.12
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform_4.9
- Red Hat OpenShift container platform 4.10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform_4.10
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-3185Mozilla Firefox und Thunderbird: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR und Thunderbird ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Informationen offenzulegen und undefiniertes Verhalten zu verursachen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (21)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1855327%2C1862089%2C1862723cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-6873/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6873cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Mozilla-Firefox-Thunderbird-multiple-vulnerabilities-43149cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.7610cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.7670cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2024.0007cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2024.0079cnnvd
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