CVE-2023-5169
Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 26, 2023
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a PathRecording, resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write