Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2023-6857 First vendor Publication 2023-12-19
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-02-02

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 5.3
Base Score 5.3 Environmental Score 5.3
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.3
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.6
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
Cvss Base Score N/A Attack Range N/A
Cvss Impact Score N/A Attack Complexity N/A
Cvss Expoit Score N/A Authentication N/A
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Detail

When resolving a symlink, a race may occur where the buffer passed to `readlink` may actually be smaller than necessary. *This bug only affects Firefox on Unix-based operating systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6857

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-362 Race Condition

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 546
Application 133
Application 418

Sources (Detail)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1796023
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5582
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/
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Date Informations
2024-02-09 21:27:43
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2023-12-21 21:27:24
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