VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-23597

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.34%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2023-06-02

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the `file://` context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-326

Primary references

security@mozilla.org — Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory