Vulnerability · Published Sep 27, 2023 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2023-5170
High 7.4
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw 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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In canvas rendering, a compromised content process could have caused a surface to change unexpectedly, leading to a memory leak of a privileged process. This memory leak could be used to effect a sandbox escape if the correct data was leaked. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs102 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5170 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | mozjs102 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5170 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs78 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5170 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs91 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5170 |