Mozilla Firefox up to 115.9 Cookie document.cookie state issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Cookie Handler. This manipulation of the argument document.cookie causes state issue. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-4055. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation of the argument document.cookie with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-371. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

When the number of cookies per domain was exceeded in `document.cookie`, the actual cookie jar sent to the host was no longer consistent with expected cookie jar state. This could have caused requests to be sent with some cookies missing. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

The weakness was shared 08/01/2023. The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-4055 since 08/01/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/20/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239763 (TencentOS Server 4: thunderbird (TSSA-2024:0450)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 116 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (239763). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Firefox

Version

• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.7.1
• 0.7.2
• 0.7.3
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.2.1
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.4.1
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.35
• 0.9.48
• 0.10
• 0.10.1
• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.1
• 1.1.8
• 1.2
• 1.2.1
• 1.3
• 1.3.1
• 1.4
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.4
• 1.5
• 1.5.0.1
• 1.5.0.2
• 1.5.0.3
• 1.5.0.4
• 1.5.0.5
• 1.5.0.6
• 1.5.0.7
• 1.5.0.8
• 1.5.0.9
• 1.5.0.10
• 1.5.0.11
• 1.5.0.12
• 1.5.0.14
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.8
• 2
• 2.0
• 2.0 .4
• 2.0 8
• 2.0.0.1
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• 2.0.0.20
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
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• 2.0.7
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.5
• 3
• 3.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
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• 3.0.13
• 3.0.14
• 3.0.15
• 3.0.16
• 3.0.17
• 3.0.19
• 3.0beta5
• 3.1
• 3.5
• 3.5.1
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• 3.5.3
• 3.5.4
• 3.5.5
• 3.5.6
• 3.5.7
• 3.5.8
• 3.5.9
• 3.5.10
• 3.5.11
• 3.5.12
• 3.5.13
• 3.5.14
• 3.5.15
• 3.5.16
• 3.5.17
• 3.5.18
• 3.5.19
• 3.6
• 3.6.1
• 3.6.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.6.4
• 3.6.6
• 3.6.7
• 3.6.8
• 3.6.9
• 3.6.10
• 3.6.11
• 3.6.12
• 3.6.13
• 3.6.14
• 3.6.15
• 3.6.16
• 3.6.17
• 3.6.18
• 3.6.19
• 3.6.20
• 3.6.21
• 3.6.22
• 3.6.26
• 3.6.28
• 3.7
• 3.11.5
• 4.0
• 4.0.1
• 5.0
• 5.0.1
• 6.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 7.0
• 7.0.1
• 8.0
• 8.0 for Mac
• 8.0.1
• 8.1
• 8.2
• 9.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.1
• 10.0
• 10.0.1
• 10.0.2
• 10.0.3
• 10.0.4
• 10.0.5
• 10.0.7
• 10.1
• 10.2
• 11.0
• 12.0
• 13.0
• 14
• 14.0.1
• 15
• 15.0.1 (downgrade)
• 15.0a1
• 16
• 16.0.1
• 16.0.2
• 17.0
• 17.0.1
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• 17.0.3
• 17.0.4
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• 18.0
• 19.0
• 19.0.1
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• 20.0
• 20.0.1
• 21.0
• 22.0
• 23.0
• 23.0.1
• 24.0
• 24.0.1
• 24.0.2
• 24.1.0
• 24.1.1
• 24.2
• 24.3
• 24.4
• 24.5
• 24.7
• 25
• 25.0
• 25.0.1
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• 28.0.1
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• 30.0
• 31
• 31.0
• 31.1.0
• 31.1.1
• 31.2
• 31.3.0
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• 33
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• 34
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• 34.0.5
• 35
• 36
• 36.0.3
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• 37
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• 37.0.1
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• 38
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• 39.0.3
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• 40.0.3
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• 41.0
• 41.0.1
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• 44.0.2
• 45
• 45.0
• 45.6
• 47.0
• 48
• 49
• 49.0
• 49.0.2
• 50
• 50.0.1
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• 50.1
• 51
• 51.0.3
• 52
• 52.6
• 52.8
• 53
• 54.0
• 55
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• 57
• 57.0.1
• 58.0
• 58.0.1
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• 59.0.1
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• 60.0
• 60.0.2
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• 62.0
• 62.0.3
• 63.0
• 64
• 64.0
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• 65.0.0
• 65.0.1
• 66
• 66.0
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• 67.0
• 67.0.2
• 67.0.3
• 67.0.4
• 68.0
• 68.0.2
• 68.7
• 68.11
• 68.12
• 69.0
• 69.0.1
• 70
• 70.0
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• 72.0
• 74.0
• 74.0.0
• 74.0.1
• 75.0
• 76
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• 78.0
• 78.4
• 78.7
• 78.10.1
• 80.0
• 81.0
• 82
• 82.0
• 83.0
• 84.0
• 85.0
• 86.0
• 87.0
• 88.0
• 89.0
• 89.0.1
• 90.0
• 91.0
• 91.0.1
• 91.7
• 91.8
• 92.0
• 93.0
• 94.0
• 95.0
• 96
• 97
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• 99
• 100
• 101
• 102
• 102.2
• 102.6
• 103
• 104
• 105
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• 108
• 109
• 110
• 110.1
• 111
• 112
• 113
• 114
• 115
• 115.0.2
• 115.6
• 115.9

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
• Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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