CVE-2023-4055
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
When the number of cookies per domain was exceeded in `document.cookie`, the actual cookie jar sent to the host was no longer consistent with expected cookie jar state. This could have caused requests to be sent with some cookies missing. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.73%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 53
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
- CWE-120
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1782561
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1782561
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/
Raw JSON (NVD)
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