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title: "CVE-2023-25752\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2023-25752

Publication date 15 March 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

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25752?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

When accessing throttled streams, the count of available bytes needed to be
checked in the calling function to be within bounds. This may have lead
future code to be incorrect and vulnerable. This vulnerability affects
Firefox < 111, Firefox ESR < 102.9, and Thunderbird < 102.9.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25752?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 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| thunderbird | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Fixed 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.10.1 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| 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)

## 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

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25752)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25752)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-25752)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-25752)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-5954-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5954-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 15 March 2023

+ [USN-5972-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5972-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 27 March 2023

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/#CVE-2023-25752>
* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/#CVE-2023-25752>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25752>
