Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2023 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2023-4046
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | firefox | 102.14.0-1.el8_8.alma | ALSA-2023:4468 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | firefox | 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma | ALSA-2023:4462 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | firefox-x11 | 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma | ALSA-2023:4462 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | thunderbird | 102.14.0-1.el8_8.alma | ALSA-2023:4497 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | thunderbird | 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma | ALSA-2023:4499 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox-esr | 115.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox-esr | 115.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox-esr | 115.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox-esr | 115.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 102.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5464-1 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 102.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Debian:13 | firefox-esr | 115.1.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Debian:14 | firefox-esr | 115.1.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | 1:102.14.0-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | 1:102.14.0-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5469-1 |
| Debian:13 | thunderbird | 1:115.1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Debian:14 | thunderbird | 1:115.1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | firefox | 0:102.14.0-1.el8_8 | RLSA-2023:4468 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | firefox | 0:102.14.0-1.el9_2 | RLSA-2023:4462 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | thunderbird | 0:102.14.0-1.el8_8 | RLSA-2023:4497 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | thunderbird | 0:102.14.0-1.el9_2 | RLSA-2023:4499 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs102 | 102.15.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-6406-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs102 | 102.15.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs78 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs91 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4046 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-6333-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4046 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | unspecified – before 116 |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified – before 102.14 |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified – before 115.1 |
Weakness: CWE-770
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1837686
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html