Description
In a non-standard configuration of Firefox, an integer overflow could have occurred based on network traffic (possibly under influence of a local unprivileged webpage), leading to an out-of-bounds write to privileged process memory.
*This bug only affects Firefox if a non-standard preference allowing non-HTTPS Alternate Services (`network.http.altsvc.oe`) is enabled.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.
Published: 2023-09-27
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6404-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:19:50.296Z

Reserved: 2023-09-25T15:03:43.198Z

Link: CVE-2023-5173

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Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-27T15:19:42.340

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:41:13.910

Link: CVE-2023-5173

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