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CVE-2023-6858

Mozilla: Heap buffer overflow in nsTextFragment

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 19, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:

Firefox was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow in nsTextFragment due to insufficient OOM handling.

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 · 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow