CVE-2023-5171
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.5)—
During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.12%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 65
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (5)
CWE
- CWE-416
Referencias
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1851599
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1851599
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5513
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/
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