Incorrect WebAssembly results via signed divisor lowering
Published Jun 2, 2023 · Updated Jan 10, 2025
Incorrect optimization in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird on ARM64 allows remote attackers to alter WebAssembly division results through crafted content. In src/jit/arm64/Lowering-arm64.cpp, lowerUDiv treats a constant unsigned divisor as signed, takes its absolute value, and lowers negative powers of two to identity or right-shift operations. Affected releases are Firefox and Android variants before 112 and Firefox ESR and Thunderbird before 102.10; execution requires ARM64 and user interaction, with only incorrect computation demonstrated.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect optimization in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird on ARM64 allows remote attackers to alter WebAssembly division results through crafted content. In src/jit/arm64/Lowering-arm64.cpp, lowerUDiv treats a constant unsigned divisor as signed, takes its absolute value, and lowers negative powers of two to identity or right-shift operations. Affected releases are Firefox and Android variants before 112 and Firefox ESR and Thunderbird before 102.10; execution requires ARM64 and user interaction, with only incorrect computation demonstrated.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-29548
- Published
- Jun 2, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 10, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 2, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <112
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Public exploit references
- ARM64 Ion unsigned-division WebAssembly proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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