CVE-2023-5170

Published Sep 27, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source: security@mozilla.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.4
Impact score: 4
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3F2D4E7B-E6ED-4BF9-A108-6B1202BC9E59",
            "versionEndExcluding": "118.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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