Canvas Rendering Vulnerability in Firefox < 118: Memory Leak and Sandbox Escape

Canvas Rendering Vulnerability in Firefox < 118: Memory Leak and Sandbox Escape

CVE-2023-5170 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

In canvas rendering, a compromised content process could have caused a surface to change unexpectedly, leading to a memory leak of a privileged process. This memory leak could be used to effect a sandbox escape if the correct data was leaked. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.

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