CVE-2023-32216
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory...
Mozilla developers and community members Ronald Crane, Andrew McCreight, Randell Jesup and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Mozilla developers and community members Ronald Crane, Andrew McCreight, Randell Jesup and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
- Record
CVE-2023-32216- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Mozilla developers and community members Ronald Crane, Andrew McCreight, Randell Jesup and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
- Record
CVE-2023-32216- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-36474 No score
Mozilla developers and community members Ronald Crane, Andrew McCreight, Randell Jesup and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
- Record
EUVD-2023-36474- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-35c2-3gp6-2xg9
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory...
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
- Record
GHSA-35c2-3gp6-2xg9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-1377
firefox security update
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
Security Fix(es):
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
(CVE-2023-32216)
Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded encode, can result in a heap overflow in av1_loop_restoration_dealloc().
(CVE-2023-6879)
- Record
OESA-2025-1377- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-1379
firefox security update
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
Security Fix(es):
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
(CVE-2023-32216)
Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded encode, can result in a heap overflow in av1_loop_restoration_dealloc().
(CVE-2023-6879)
- Record
OESA-2025-1379- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-32216
Mozilla developers and community members Ronald Crane, Andrew McCreight, Randell Jesup and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 112. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32216- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12920-1 No score
MozillaFirefox-113.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-113.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12920-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 No score
firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6074-1 No score
firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32205, CVE-2023-32207, CVE-2023-32210, CVE-2023-32211, CVE-2023-32212, CVE-2023-32213, CVE-2023-32215, CVE-2023-32216)
Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when using RLBox Expat driver. An attacker could potentially exploits this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-32206)
Anne van Kesteren discovered that Firefox did not properly validate the import() call in service workers. An attacker could potentially exploits this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-32208)
Sam Ezeh discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain favicon image files. If a user were tricked into opening a malicicous favicon file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-32209)
- Record
USN-6074-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
firefoxopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 128.8.0-1.oe2203sp4 | 128.8.0-1.oe2203sp4 |
firefoxopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 128.8.0-1.oe2203sp3 | 128.8.0-1.oe2203sp3 |
firefoxUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 56.0+build6-0ubuntu157.0.1+build2-0ubuntu159.0.1+build1-0ubuntu159.0.2+build1-0ubuntu160.0+build2-0ubuntu1 Show 45 moreShow less60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.160.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.161.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.161.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.162.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.362.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.462.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.562.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.163.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.263.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.164.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.165.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.165.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.171.0+build5-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.174.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.174.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.175.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.177.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
mozjs52Ubuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 52.3.1-0ubuntu352.3.1-7fakesync152.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.152.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
None known |
mozjs38Ubuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu138.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu338.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4 |
None known |
firefoxUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
before 113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, plus listed versions 69.0.3+build1-0ubuntu170.0+build2-0ubuntu170.0+build2-0ubuntu270.0.1+build1-0ubuntu271.0+build2-0ubuntu2 Show 45 moreShow less71.0+build5-0ubuntu172.0.1+build1-0ubuntu172.0.2+build1-0ubuntu173.0+build1-0ubuntu173.0+build2-0ubuntu173.0+build3-0ubuntu173.0.1+build1-0ubuntu174.0+build1-0ubuntu174.0+build2-0ubuntu174.0+build2-0ubuntu274.0+build3-0ubuntu175.0+build3-0ubuntu176.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.176.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.177.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.178.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.178.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.179.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.180.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.180.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.181.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.181.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.183.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.185.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.185.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.186.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.186.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.187.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.288.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.188.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.289.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.289.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.189.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.190.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.190.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.192.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
mozjs68Ubuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 68.5.0-1~fakesync68.5.0-2~fakesync68.6.0-168.6.0-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
mozjs52Ubuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 52.9.1-1build152.9.1-1ubuntu3 |
None known |
mozjs78Ubuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 78.13.0-178.15.0-278.15.0-4ubuntu1 |
None known |
mozjs91Ubuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 91.5.1-0ubuntu191.6.0-191.6.0-291.7.0-291.10.0-0ubuntu1 |
None known |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
firefoxUbuntu:18.04:LTS From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 56.0+build6-0ubuntu157.0.1+build2-0ubuntu159.0.1+build1-0ubuntu159.0.2+build1-0ubuntu160.0+build2-0ubuntu1 Show 45 moreShow less60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.160.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.161.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.161.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.162.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.362.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.462.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.562.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.163.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.263.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.164.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.165.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.165.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.166.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.171.0+build5-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.174.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.174.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.175.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.177.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
firefoxUbuntu:20.04:LTS From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, plus listed versions 69.0.3+build1-0ubuntu170.0+build2-0ubuntu170.0+build2-0ubuntu270.0.1+build1-0ubuntu271.0+build2-0ubuntu2 Show 45 moreShow less71.0+build5-0ubuntu172.0.1+build1-0ubuntu172.0.2+build1-0ubuntu173.0+build1-0ubuntu173.0+build2-0ubuntu173.0+build3-0ubuntu173.0.1+build1-0ubuntu174.0+build1-0ubuntu174.0+build2-0ubuntu174.0+build2-0ubuntu274.0+build3-0ubuntu175.0+build3-0ubuntu176.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.176.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.177.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.178.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.178.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.179.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.180.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.180.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.181.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.181.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.183.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.185.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.185.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.186.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.186.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.187.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.288.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.188.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.289.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.289.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.189.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.190.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.190.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.192.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
MozillaFirefoxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 12 CVEs |
before 113.0-1.1 | 113.0-1.1 |
firefox-esropenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 1860 CVEs |
before 128.5.1-1.1 | 128.5.1-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-32216 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Mozilla Firefox, published May 10, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. Fixed in firefox 113.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1.
References
bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1746479%2C1806852%2C1815987%2C1820359%2C1823568%2C1824803%2C1824834%2C1825170%2C1827020%2C1828130
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-16
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32216
github.com/advisories/GHSA-35c2-3gp6-2xg9
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1377
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ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32216
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32216
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32205
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/3HI2RC7AJAHY74Q6MK7GNGWU6TITB22V
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