Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-6856 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The WebGL `DrawElementsInstanced` method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when used on systems with the Mesa VM driver. This issue could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution and sandbox escape. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1843782
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1843782
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5582
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5582
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-55/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/