Linux · Ubuntu · Package update · October 1, 2023

firefox 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1: firefox 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 for Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (focal)

firefox 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, released October 1, 2023, fixes 9 CVEs in firefox. One of them is being exploited (CVE-2023-5217); 1 on CISA KEV. Patch Radar priority: Patch now. The product is no longer supported.

Patch now1 on CISA KEV1 publicly disclosedUnsupported product
CVEs closed
9
1 rated Critical
Exploited
1
CVE-2023-5217
Highest CVSS
9.8
Base score, 0 to 10
Highest EPSS
0.4901
98th percentile

Priority of the 9 CVEs

Patch now 1 Urgent 1 High 5 Routine 2

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
firefoxUbuntu 20.04.3 LTS (focal)118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleCVSSEPSSExploitation
Patch now CVE-2023-5217 Chromium: CVE-2023-5217 Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx8.8 0.4901 KEVDisclosedExploited
Urgent CVE-2023-5176 Mozilla Firefox ESR and 5 others: Out-of-bounds Write9.8 0.0139 None reported
High CVE-2023-44488 libvpx9: VP9 in libvpx before 1.13.1 mishandles widths, leading to a crash relatedto encoding.8.8 0.0216 None reported
High CVE-2023-5175 Mozilla Firefox ESR and 3 others: Use After Free9.8 0.0104 None reported
High CVE-2023-5172 Mozilla Firefox ESR and 3 others: Use After Free9.8 0.0101 None reported
High CVE-2023-5173 Mozilla Firefox ESR and 3 others: In a non-standard configuration of Firefox, an integer overflow could have occurred based on network…7.5 0.0091 None reported
High CVE-2023-5170 Mozilla Firefox ESR and 3 others: In canvas rendering, a compromised content process could have caused a surface to change unexpectedly,…7.4 0.0072 None reported
Routine CVE-2023-5171 Mozilla Firefox ESR and 5 others: During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing…6.5 0.0112 None reported
Routine CVE-2023-5169 Mozilla Firefox ESR and 5 others: A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an…6.5 0.0110 None reported
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