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high 7.5

CVE-2023-4055 json

When the number of cookies per domain was exceeded in `document.cookie`, the actual cookie jar sent to the host was no longer consistent wi…

published 2023-08-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-53946

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 116
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 102.14, 115.1
  • mozilla firefox_esr 102.14, 115.1
  • firefox-esr Debian 12 102.14.0esr-1~deb12u1
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13 115.1.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 12 1:102.14.0-1~deb12u1
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13 1:115.1.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4055

  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4055

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  • thunderbird RHEL 7 102.14.0-1.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • thunderbird RHEL 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8
  • firefox RHEL 7 102.14.0-1.el7_9
  • firefox RHEL 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8
  • firefox RHEL 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • firefox-x11 RHEL 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.2 TUS, RHEL 8.2 E4S, RHEL 8.2 AUS 102.14.0-1.el8_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:4496RHSA-2023:4500RHSA-2023:4495RHSA-2023:4499RHSA-2023:4494RHSA-2023:4493

  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 +3 more 115.1.0-150200.8.127.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +9 more 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 115.1.0-112.173.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 115.1.0-150000.150.97.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3228-1SUSE-SU-2023:3163-1SUSE-SU-2023:3162-1SUSE-SU-2023:3161-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 102.14.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 116.0.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13091-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13124-1

  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8.alma
  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma
  • firefox AlmaLinux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma
  • firefox-x11 AlmaLinux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma
  • firefox AlmaLinux 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8.alma

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:4497ALSA-2023:4499ALSA-2023:4462ALSA-2023:4468

  • firefox Rocky Linux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8
  • firefox Rocky Linux 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:4462RLSA-2023:4499RLSA-2023:4497RLSA-2023:4468

  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +3 more 115.1.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-4055

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-4055 updated cvss 7.5

Mozilla: Cookie jar overflow caused unexpected cookie jar state

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4468
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox 102.14.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11 102.14.0-1.el9_2, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4462
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4460
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4469
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_1, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4464
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4460
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4469
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4463
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) firefox 102.14.0-1.el9_0, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4465
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4460
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4469
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4461

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • mozilla firefox_esr

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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