CVE-2023-5169
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Sep 27, 2023
Updated: Oct 12, 2023
CWE ID 787
Summary
CVE-2023-5169 is a newly disclosed vulnerability that affects Firefox versions below 118, Firefox ESR below 115.3, and Thunderbird below 115.3. This issue arises when a compromised content process introduces malicious data into a `PathRecording`, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. Consequently, this can lead to a crash in a privileged process, potentially enabling an attacker to gain unauthorized access or execute malicious code.
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