Mozilla Firefox up to 117 Canvas Rendering memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 117. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Canvas Rendering. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-5170. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 117 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Canvas Rendering. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In canvas rendering, a compromised content process could have caused a surface to change unexpectedly, leading to a memory leak of a privileged process. This memory leak could be used to effect a sandbox escape if the correct data was leaked. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.

The weakness was shared 09/27/2023. The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-5170 since 09/25/2023. 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 118 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / 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 118

Timelineinfo

09/25/2023 🔍
09/27/2023 +2 days 🔍
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10/19/2023 +22 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240464

Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2023 18:20
Updated: 10/19/2023 09:55
Changes: 09/27/2023 18:20 (42), 10/19/2023 09:55 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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