vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-6865: Mozilla: Potential exposure of uninitialized data in <code>EncryptingOutputStream</code> (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 19, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 19, 2023
Added
Jan 3, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Solutions
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