CVE-2023-29531
Published: 19 June 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-29531 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 31.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-33073
Vulnerability details
An attacker could have caused an out of bounds memory access using WebGL APIs, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug only affects Firefox and Thunderbird for macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects…
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Firefox < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, and Thunderbird < 102.10.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.