CVE-2023-5170 json
In canvas rendering, a compromised content process could have caused a surface to change unexpectedly, leading to a memory leak of a privil…
published 2023-09-27 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57507
- cvss
- 7.4
- 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
In canvas rendering, a compromised content process could have caused a surface to change unexpectedly, leading to a memory leak of a privileged process. This memory leak could be used to effect a sandbox escape if the correct data was leaked. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.
Patch / fix
- Mozilla Firefox 118
- firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5170
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
- MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 118.0.1-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13272-1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.72% 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 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
References
-
mozilla.org
/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/
vendor-advisory
-
bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1846686
issue-tracking, permissions-required
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/202401-10
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-5170
- NVD CVE-2023-5170
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