CVE-2023-6857: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

When resolving a symlink, a race may occur where the buffer passed to `readlink` may actually be smaller than necessary. *This bug only affects Firefox on Unix-based operating systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only; version 11.0 only; version 12.0 only
• Mozilla Firefox: before 121.0 (fixed in 121.0)
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 115.6 (fixed in 115.6)
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 115.6 (fixed in 115.6)

Published 2023-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.