CVE-2023-6865

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Dec 19, 2023
Updated: Feb 2, 2024

Summary

CVE-2023-6865 is a vulnerability affecting Firefox ESR versions under 115.6 and Firefox versions below 121. The issue revolves around `EncryptingOutputStream`, which was found to expose uninitialized data. This susceptibility could potentially be exploited to write data to a local disk, raising concerns for privacy in browsing mode. Despite the potential implications, the vulnerability requires direct manipulation of the affected software to be exploited.

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