CVE-2023-5169

Mozilla Firefox ESR and 5 others: A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an…

CVE-2023-5169 is fixed in 114 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 118.0, released September 26, 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
0.0110
65th percentile

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 118.0 Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 118.0 Sep 26, 2023
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ach) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ach) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (af) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (af) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (an) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (an) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ar) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ar) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ast) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ast) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (az) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (az) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (be) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (be) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (bg) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (bg) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (bn) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (bn) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (br) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (br) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (bs) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (bs) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ca) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ca) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ca-valencia) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ca-valencia) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (cak) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (cak) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (cs) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (cs) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (cy) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (cy) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (da) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (da) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (de) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (de) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (dsb) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (dsb) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (el) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (el) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-CA) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-CA) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-GB) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-GB) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (eo) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (eo) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (es-AR) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (es-AR) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (es-CL) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (es-CL) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (es-ES) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (es-ES) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (es-MX) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (es-MX) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (et) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (et) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (eu) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (eu) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (fa) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (fa) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ff) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ff) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (fi) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (fi) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (fr) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (fr) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (fur) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (fur) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (fy-NL) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (fy-NL) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ga-IE) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ga-IE) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (gd) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (gd) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (gl) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (gl) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (gn) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (gn) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (gu-IN) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (gu-IN) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (he) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (he) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (hi-IN) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (hi-IN) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (hr) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (hr) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (hsb) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (hsb) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (hu) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (hu) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (hy-AM) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (hy-AM) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ia) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ia) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (id) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (id) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (is) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (is) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (it) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (it) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ja) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ja) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ka) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ka) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (kab) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (kab) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (kk) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (kk) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (km) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (km) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (kn) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (kn) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ko) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ko) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (lij) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (lij) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (lt) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (lt) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (lv) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (lv) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (mk) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (mk) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (mr) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (mr) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ms) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ms) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (my) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (my) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (nb-NO) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (nb-NO) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ne-NP) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ne-NP) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (nl) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (nl) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (nn-NO) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (nn-NO) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (oc) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (oc) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (pa-IN) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (pa-IN) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (pl) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (pl) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (pt-BR) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (pt-BR) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (pt-PT) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (pt-PT) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (rm) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (rm) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ro) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ro) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ru) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ru) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (sc) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (sc) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (sco) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (sco) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (si) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (si) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (sk) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (sk) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (sl) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (sl) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (son) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (son) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (sq) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (sq) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (sr) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (sr) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (sv-SE) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (sv-SE) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (szl) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (szl) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ta) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ta) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (te) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (te) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (tg) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (tg) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (th) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (th) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (tl) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (tl) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (tr) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (tr) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (trs) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (trs) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (uk) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (uk) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (ur) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (ur) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (uz) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (uz) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (vi) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (vi) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (xh) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (xh) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (zh-CN) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (zh-CN) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Firefox ESR (zh-TW) 128.3.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (zh-TW) 128.3.0 Oct 1, 2024
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 115.8.0 Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 115.8.0 Feb 21, 2024
Linux
firefox · RHEL 8 0:115.3.1-1.el8_8 RHSA-2023:5433 Oct 4, 2023
firefox · RHEL 9 0:115.3.1-1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:5434 Oct 4, 2023
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 1, 2023
firefox · almalinux 9 115.3.1-1.el9_2.alma.1 ALSA-2023:5434 Oct 4, 2023
firefox · ol 8 0:115.3.1-1.0.1.el8_8 ELSA-2023-5433 Oct 6, 2023
firefox · ol 9 0:115.3.1-1.0.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-5434 Oct 5, 2023
firefox-esr · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 115.3.0esr-1~deb11u1 DSA-5506-1 Sep 28, 2023
firefox-esr · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 115.3.0esr-1~deb12u1 DSA-5506-1 Sep 28, 2023
firefox-esr · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 115.3.0esr-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5169 Sep 27, 2023
firefox-esr · Debian 14 115.3.0esr-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5169 Sep 27, 2023
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 1, 2023
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 1, 2023
firefox-x11 · RHEL 9 0:115.3.1-1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:5434 Oct 4, 2023
firefox-x11 · almalinux 9 115.3.1-1.el9_2.alma.1 ALSA-2023:5434 Oct 4, 2023
firefox-x11 · ol 9 0:115.3.1-1.0.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-5434 Oct 5, 2023
thunderbird · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 1:115.3.1-1~deb11u1 DSA-5513-1 Oct 3, 2023
thunderbird · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:115.3.1-1~deb12u1 DSA-5513-1 Oct 3, 2023
thunderbird · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:115.3.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5169 Sep 27, 2023
thunderbird · Debian 14 1:115.3.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5169 Sep 27, 2023
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:115.3.1-1.el8_8 RHSA-2023:5428 Oct 4, 2023
thunderbird · RHEL 9 0:115.3.1-1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:5435 Oct 4, 2023
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Sep 28, 2023
thunderbird · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 thunderbird 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Sep 28, 2023
thunderbird · almalinux 9 115.3.1-1.el9_2.alma ALSA-2023:5435 Oct 4, 2023
thunderbird · ol 8 0:115.3.1-1.0.1.el8_8 ELSA-2023-5428 Oct 6, 2023
thunderbird · ol 9 0:115.3.1-1.0.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-5435 Oct 5, 2023
thunderbird · rocky 8 0:115.3.1-1.el8_8 RLSA-2023:5428 Oct 5, 2023
thunderbird · rocky 9 0:115.3.1-1.el9_2 RLSA-2023:5435 Oct 5, 2023
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Sep 28, 2023
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Sep 28, 2023
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Sep 28, 2023
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Sep 28, 2023
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Sep 28, 2023
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Sep 28, 2023
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Sep 28, 2023
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Sep 28, 2023
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Sep 28, 2023
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 xul-ext-lightning 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Sep 28, 2023

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