CVE-2023-28176

Mozilla Firefox and 4 others: Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2023-28176 is fixed in 14 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released March 14, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
8.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0072
54th percentile

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 110 and Firefox ESR 102.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111, Firefox ESR < 102.9, and Thunderbird < 102.9.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 111.0 Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 111.0 Mar 16, 2023
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 115.4.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 115.4.0 Oct 17, 2023
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 115.8.0 Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 115.8.0 Feb 21, 2024
Linux
firefox · RHEL 8 0:102.9.0-3.el8_7 RHSA-2023:1336 Mar 20, 2023
firefox · RHEL 9 0:102.9.0-3.el9_1 RHSA-2023:1337 Mar 20, 2023
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
firefox · almalinux 8 102.9.0-3.el8_7.alma ALSA-2023:1336 Mar 20, 2023
firefox · almalinux 9 102.9.0-3.el9_1.alma ALSA-2023:1337 Mar 20, 2023
firefox · ol 8 0:102.9.0-3.0.1.el8_7 ELSA-2023-1336 Mar 20, 2023
firefox · ol 9 0:102.9.0-3.0.1.el9_1 ELSA-2023-1337 Mar 20, 2023
firefox · rocky 8 0:102.9.0-3.el8_7 RLSA-2023:1336 Mar 28, 2023
firefox · rocky 9 0:102.9.0-3.el9_1 RLSA-2023:1337 Apr 6, 2023
firefox-esr · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 102.9.0esr-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28176 Jun 2, 2023
firefox-esr · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 102.9.0esr-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28176 Jun 2, 2023
firefox-esr · Debian 14 102.9.0esr-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28176 Jun 2, 2023
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
firefox-x11 · RHEL 9 0:102.9.0-3.el9_1 RHSA-2023:1337 Mar 20, 2023
firefox-x11 · almalinux 9 102.9.0-3.el9_1.alma ALSA-2023:1337 Mar 20, 2023
firefox-x11 · ol 9 0:102.9.0-3.0.1.el9_1 ELSA-2023-1337 Mar 20, 2023
thunderbird · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:102.9.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28176 Jun 2, 2023
thunderbird · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:102.9.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28176 Jun 2, 2023
thunderbird · Debian 14 1:102.9.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28176 Jun 2, 2023
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:102.9.0-1.el8_7 RHSA-2023:1403 Mar 22, 2023
thunderbird · RHEL 9 0:102.9.0-1.el9_1 RHSA-2023:1407 Mar 22, 2023
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
thunderbird · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 thunderbird 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
thunderbird · almalinux 8 102.9.0-1.el8_7.alma ALSA-2023:1403 Mar 22, 2023
thunderbird · almalinux 9 102.9.0-1.el9_1.alma ALSA-2023:1407 Mar 22, 2023
thunderbird · ol 8 0:102.9.0-1.0.1.el8_7 ELSA-2023-1403 Mar 22, 2023
thunderbird · ol 9 0:102.9.0-1.0.1.el9_1 ELSA-2023-1407 Mar 22, 2023
thunderbird · rocky 8 0:102.9.0-1.el8_7 RLSA-2023:1403 Mar 28, 2023
thunderbird · rocky 9 0:102.9.0-1.el9_1 RLSA-2023:1407 Mar 28, 2023
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Mar 14, 2023
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Mar 14, 2023

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