Out-of-bounds Read Affecting firefox package, versions <116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-FIREFOX-5813301
  • published2 Aug 2023
  • disclosed1 Aug 2023

Introduced: 1 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4048  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 firefox to version 116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds read could have led to an exploitable crash when parsing HTML with DOMParser in low memory situations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

CVSS Scores

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