CVE-2023-6861 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow14 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV4.3
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 19
Latest updateJan 11

Description

The `nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)` method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when running in headless mode. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 121
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 121.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 115.6
▶NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 115.6
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 121.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 12.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
firefox regressions↗2024-01-11
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2024-01-02
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-01-02
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GHSA
GHSA-p744-68mc-9w5j: The `nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)` method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when running in headless mode↗2023-12-19
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CVEList
CVE-2023-6861: The `nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)` method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when running in headless mode↗2023-12-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-01-02
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2024-01-02
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow affected <code>nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)</code> in headless mode↗2023-12-19
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Debian
CVE-2023-6861: firefox - The `nsWindow::PickerOpen(void)` method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflo...↗2023
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-55: CVE-2023-6861↗
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