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CVE-2023-6204 (GCVE-0-2023-6204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-21 14:28 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:26
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Summary
On some systems—depending on the graphics settings and drivers—it was possible to force an out-of-bounds read and leak memory data into the images created on the canvas element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120, Firefox ESR < 115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Out-of-bound memory access in WebGL2 blitFramebuffer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 120 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 115.5.0 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 115.5 (custom)
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Credits
JSec of Hayyim Security
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