CVE-2023-6859
Published: 20 December 2023
A use-after-free condition affected TLS socket creation when under memory pressure. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.
Notes
Author | Note |
---|---|
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 |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
focal |
Released
(121.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
noble |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
mozjs102
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Ignored
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
noble |
Ignored
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs38
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs52
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
|
focal |
Ignored
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs68
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Ignored
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs78
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Ignored
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs91
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Ignored
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
focal |
Released
(1:115.6.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
jammy |
Released
(1:115.6.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
|
|
lunar |
Released
(1:115.6.0+build2-0ubuntu0.23.04.1)
|
|
mantic |
Released
(1:115.6.0+build2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1)
|
|
noble |
Released
(1:115.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 8.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/#CVE-2023-6859
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/#CVE-2023-6859
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/#CVE-2023-6859
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1840144
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6562-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6563-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6859
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian