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CVE-2023-5388

Published: Mar 19, 2024Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-203
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 46.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

NSS was susceptible to a timing side-channel attack when performing RSA decryption. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-203

Affected Products

Mozilla Corp.
oss-project·USaka mozilla
Network Security Services
Consumer Software
Firefox ESROn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
ThunderbirdOn-premDesktop App
Communications / email-server-client
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
АЛЬТ СП 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
and 7 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Discovery
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5388&#13;
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243644&#13;
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.242323&#13;
vuldb.com
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