CVE detail
CVE-2023-5169
A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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Firefox 118 patches six high-severity vulnerabilities, including a memory leak potentially leading to sandbox escape.
newswww.securityweek.comSep 27, 2023, 12:58 PM
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