During garbage collection extra operations were performed on a object that should not be. This could have led to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 119, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and Thunderbird < 115.4.1.
CVE-2023-5728
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-10-25. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 49(Track)EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 65%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 25, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (16)
- security@mozillahttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852729
- security@mozillahttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00037.html
- security@mozillahttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00042.html
- security@mozillahttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5535
- security@mozillahttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5538
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-45/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-46/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-47/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852729
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00037.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00042.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5535
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5538
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-45/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-46/
Patch Availability(15)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | firefox-mozsymbols (119.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) @ focal | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:115.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | firefox-0:115.4.0-1.el9_0 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:115.4.0-1.el7_9 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:115.4.1-1.el8_4 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:115.4.1-1.el8_6 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:115.4.1-1.el9_2 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:115.4.0-1.el8_2 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:115.4.0-1.el8_8 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:115.4.1-1.el8_8 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:115.4.0-1.el8_1 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:115.4.1-1.el8_1 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:115.4.1-1.el8_2 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:115.4.0-1.el8_6 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:115.4.0-1.el9_2 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(10 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 102.1.0esr-1 ... 91.9.1esr-1~deb9u1 (225 versions) | 115.4.0esr-1~deb10u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (283 versions) | 1:115.4.1-1~deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 102.1.0esr-1 ... 91.9.1esr-1~deb9u1 (123 versions) | 115.4.0esr-1~deb11u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (160 versions) | 1:115.4.1-1~deb11u1 | — |
Debian:12(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 102.11.0esr-1 ... 115.4.0esr-1~deb11u1 (30 versions) | 115.4.0esr-1~deb12u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1:102.11.0-1 ... 1:115.4.1-1~deb11u1 (45 versions) | 1:115.4.1-1~deb12u1 | — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 115.4.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:115.4.1-1 | — |
Debian:14(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 115.4.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:115.4.1-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(15)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6162MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6162 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6185MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6185 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6186MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6186 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6187MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6187 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6188MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6188 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6189MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6189 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6191MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6191 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6194MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6194 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6195MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6195 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6196MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6196 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6197MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6197 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6198MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6198 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6199MODERATE2023-10-24
RHSA-2023:6199 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6456-1MEDIUM
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6468-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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