{"id":"USN-6404-1","summary":"firefox vulnerabilities","details":"Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were\ntricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive\ninformation across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5169,\nCVE-2023-5170, CVE-2023-5171, CVE-2023-5172, CVE-2023-5175, CVE-2023-5176)\n\nRonald Crane discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when\nnon-HTTPS Alternate Services (network.http.altsvc.oe) is enabled. An\nattacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2023-5173)\n\nClément Lecigne discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when\nhandling VP8 media stream. An attacker-controlled VP8 media stream could\nlead to a heap buffer overflow in the content process, resulting in a\ndenial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5217)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:39:37.254806Z","published":"2023-10-03T06:27:06Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5169","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5170","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5171","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5172","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5173","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5175","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5176","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5217"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-5169","CVE-2023-5170","CVE-2023-5171","CVE-2023-5172","CVE-2023-5173","CVE-2023-5175","CVE-2023-5176","CVE-2023-5217","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5169","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5170","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5171","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5172","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5173","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5175","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5176","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5217"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6404-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5169"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5170"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5171"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5172"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5173"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5175"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5176"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5217"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"firefox","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"}]}],"versions":["69.0.3+build1-0ubuntu1","70.0+build2-0ubuntu1","70.0+build2-0ubuntu2","70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2","71.0+build2-0ubuntu2","71.0+build5-0ubuntu1","72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1","72.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1","73.0+build1-0ubuntu1","73.0+build2-0ubuntu1","73.0+build3-0ubuntu1","73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1","74.0+build1-0ubuntu1","74.0+build2-0ubuntu1","74.0+build2-0ubuntu2","74.0+build3-0ubuntu1","75.0+build3-0ubuntu1","76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","76.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","80.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","81.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","81.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","82.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","84.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","84.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","85.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","86.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","87.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","89.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","89.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","89.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","90.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","91.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","91.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","92.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","95.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","95.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","97.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","98.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","98.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","98.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","99.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","100.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","100.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","103.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","105.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","106.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","108.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","108.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","108.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","109.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","110.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","110.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","111.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","112.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","112.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","113.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","113.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","114.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","114.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","114.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","115.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.3","115.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","116.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","117.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","binary_name":"firefox"},{"binary_version":"118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","binary_name":"firefox-geckodriver"},{"binary_version":"118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","binary_name":"firefox-mozsymbols"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5169","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5170","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5171","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5172","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5173","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5175","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5176","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-5217","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"high"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6404-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}