CVE-2023-6865

medium

Description

`EncryptingOutputStream` was susceptible to exposing uninitialized data. This issue could only be abused in order to write data to a local disk which may have implications for private browsing mode. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6 and Firefox < 121.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-54/

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5581

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00020.html

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1864123

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-12-19

Updated: 2024-02-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium