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CVE-2023-28162

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-02 · updated 2026-10-23
• Weakness: CWE-704

Description

While implementing AudioWorklets, some code may have casted one type to another, invalid, dynamic type. This could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111, Firefox ESR < 102.9, and Thunderbird < 102.9.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 111.0 — fixed in 111.0
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 102.9 — fixed in 102.9
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 102.9 — fixed in 102.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 111.0; Mozilla Firefox ESR 102.9; Mozilla Thunderbird 102.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1811327
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-11/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1811327
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-11/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1811327

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