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title: "CVE-2023-0767\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2023-0767

Publication date 15 February 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0767?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An attacker could construct a PKCS 12 cert bundle in such a way that could
allow for arbitrary memory writes via PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes being
mishandled. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8,
and Firefox ESR < 102.8.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0767?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 110.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 110.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
| mozjs38 | 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs52 | 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs68 | 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs78 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| mozjs91 | 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| nss | 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 2:3.87.1-1 |
| 23.10 mantic | Fixed 2:3.87.1-1 |
| 23.04 lunar | Fixed 2:3.87.1-1 |
| 22.10 kinetic | Fixed 2:3.82-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 2:3.68.2-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.9 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.16 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm12  Ubuntu Pro |
| thunderbird | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Fixed 1:102.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1:102.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1:102.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1:102.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0767?format=md#patch-details)

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## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script
that installs the Firefox snap

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| nss | * Upstream:   <https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/684586ec163ad4fbbf15ea2cd1ee5c2da43036ad> * Upstream:   <https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/62f6b3e9024dd72ba3af9ce23848d7573b934f18> * Upstream:   <https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/57c60a4da16503b7827ccd763354faf151514b57> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-0767)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0767)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-0767)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-0767)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-5880-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5880-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 20 February 2023

+ [USN-5892-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5892-1)
+ NSS vulnerabilities
+ 27 February 2023

+ [USN-5892-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5892-2)
+ NSS vulnerability
+ 6 March 2023

+ [USN-5943-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5943-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 13 March 2023

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/#CVE-2023-0767>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/#CVE-2023-0767>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0767>
