CVE-2023-23604

Creation of duplicate SystemPrincipal from less secure contexts

CVE-2023-23604 is fixed in 5 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 109.0, released January 17, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

RoutineFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
6.5
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0046
40th percentile

A duplicate `SystemPrincipal` object could be created when parsing a non-system html document via `DOMParser::ParseFromSafeString`. This could have lead to bypassing web security checks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 109.0 Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 109.0 Jan 17, 2023
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 115.4.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 115.4.0 Oct 17, 2023
Linux
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 17, 2023
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 17, 2023
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 17, 2023
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 17, 2023
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 17, 2023
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 17, 2023

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