CVE-2023-5174

Publication date 27 September 2023

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

If Windows failed to duplicate a handle during process creation, the sandbox code may have inadvertently freed a pointer twice, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows when run in non-standard configurations (such as using `runas`). Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
thunderbird 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar 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 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar 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 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar 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
22.04 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 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar 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
mozjs102 24.04 LTS noble Ignored
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar 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

Notes

tyhicks

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

mdeslaur

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

rodrigo-zaiden

Windows only issue

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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