CVE-2023-5168

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to `FilterNodeD2D1` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 118
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	>= unspecified, < 115.3
Mozilla	Thunderbird	>= unspecified, < 115.3

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846683Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846683Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 27, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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