What is CVE-2023-23597?

CVE-2023-23597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-06-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-23597?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2023-23597

A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the `file://` context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23597?: CVE-2023-23597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-23597?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.