CVE-2023-5176

Summary

CVE-2023-5176 is a memory safety issue affecting Firefox version 117 and earlier, Firefox ESR version 115.2 and earlier, and Thunderbird version 115.2 and earlier. These bugs, which include memory corruption vulnerabilities, pose a risk of arbitrary code execution. While the extent of exploitation is not yet clear, Mozilla presumes some of these bugs could be exploited under certain conditions. Users of Firefox below version 118, Firefox ESR below 115.3, and Thunderbird below 115.3 are advised to update to the latest versions to mitigate the risk.

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