Mozilla Firefox up to 112 Protocol denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 112. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Protocol Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-32214. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 112 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was shared 05/09/2023 by Gijs Kruitbosch as Bug 1828716 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

Protocol handlers ms-cxh and ms-cxh-full could have been leveraged to trigger a denial of service.Note: This attack only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-32214. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 113 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 113

Timelineinfo

05/04/2023 🔍
05/09/2023 +5 days 🔍
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05/10/2023 +1 days 🔍
06/02/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1828716
Researcher: Gijs Kruitbosch
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2023-32214 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32214
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-228584

Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2023 09:09
Updated: 06/02/2023 10:03
Changes: 05/10/2023 09:09 (18), 05/10/2023 09:12 (28), 06/02/2023 10:03 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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