CVE-2023-6862

moderate-risk
Published 2023-12-19

A use-after-free was identified in the `nsDNSService::Init`. This issue appears to manifest rarely during start-up. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6 and Thunderbird < 115.6.

Do I need to act?

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0.44% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Debian Mozilla

References (16)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1868042
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5582
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1868042
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5582
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low