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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-6856: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-6856: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/19/2023
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

The WebGL `DrawElementsInstanced` method was susceptible to a heap buffer overflow when used on systems with the Mesa VM driver. This issue could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution and sandbox escape. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

References

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