Under certain conditions, Firefox did not display a warning when a user attempted to…
Priority LOW 21Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Under certain conditions, Firefox did not display a warning when a user attempted to navigate to a new protocol handler. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00493 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Firefox (Mozilla): 121
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 121
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox 121
18 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 8 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-06261 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 57
- TI-2023-06263 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2023-06271 Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 41
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6871
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-43mg-g32w-94qf
References
More Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-6871 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6871 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-43mg-g32w-94qf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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