CVE-2023-5388

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1780432	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00022.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00028.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-12/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-13/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-14/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1780432	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00010.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00022.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00028.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-12/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-13/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-14/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::esr:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-03-19 12:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 19:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-5388

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5388

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5388

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mozilla

firefox
thunderbird

CWE

CWE-203

Observable Discrepancy

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