{
  "cveId": "CVE-2023-23597",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23597",
  "summary": "CVE-2023-23597 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.",
  "title": "Logic bug in process allocation allowed to read arbitrary files",
  "description": "A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the \u0060file://\u0060 context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox \u003C 109.",
  "published": "2023-01-17T16:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Medium",
  "cvss": 6.5,
  "epss": 0.0034,
  "epssPercentile": 0.276,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "vendorAdvisory": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23597",
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "windows-app",
      "product": "Mozilla Firefox (en-US)",
      "fixedVersion": "109.0",
      "fix": "Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 109.0",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/windows-app/mozilla.firefox-109.0",
      "released": "2023-01-17T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "windows-app",
      "product": "Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US)",
      "fixedVersion": "115.4.0",
      "fix": "Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 115.4.0",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/windows-app/mozilla.firefox.esr-115.4.0",
      "released": "2023-10-17T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "firefox",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "firefox 109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-firefox-109.0-build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2023-01-17T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "firefox",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "fix": "firefox 109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-firefox-109.0-build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "released": "2023-01-17T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "firefox-geckodriver",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "firefox-geckodriver 109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-firefox-geckodriver-109.0-build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2023-01-17T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "firefox-geckodriver",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "fix": "firefox-geckodriver 109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-firefox-geckodriver-109.0-build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "released": "2023-01-17T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "firefox-mozsymbols",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "firefox-mozsymbols 109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-firefox-mozsymbols-109.0-build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2023-01-17T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "firefox-mozsymbols",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "fix": "firefox-mozsymbols 109.0\u002Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-firefox-mozsymbols-109.0-build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
      "released": "2023-01-17T16:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-09T07:25:28Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}