CVE-2023-5168 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-5168

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • sonakkbi

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: September 27th, 2023
Last Modified: May 1st, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.