🛡️ CVE-2023-1132 — gecko-software-development-kit

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-1132 is classified as CWE-14: Compiler Removal of Code to Clear Buffers. Sensitive memory is cleared according to the source code, but compiler optimizations leave the memory untouched when it is not read from again, aka "dead store removal."

Affected software

CVE-2023-1132 is recorded against 1 package.

• gecko-software-development-kit (fixed in 4.2.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 May 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

gecko-software-development-kit has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-22473 (6.8 Medium, published 21 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-45318 (10.0 Critical, published 20 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2024-0240 (6.5 Medium, published 15 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-6874 (7.5 High, published 5 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-6387 (7.5 High, published 2 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-5138 (6.8 Medium, published 3 Jan 2024)
• CVE-2023-4280 (9.3 Critical, published 2 Jan 2024)
• CVE-2023-41097 (4.6 Medium, published 21 Dec 2023)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-14: Compiler Removal of Code to Clear Buffers) in other software:

• CVE-2026-48984 (4.7 Medium, published 18 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-64646 (6.2 Medium, published 25 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2023-0965 (3.1 Low, published 18 May 2023)
• CVE-2023-32100 (5.3 Medium, published 18 May 2023)
• CVE-2023-32099 (5.3 Medium, published 18 May 2023)
• CVE-2023-32098 (5.3 Medium, published 18 May 2023)
• CVE-2023-32097 (3.1 Low, published 18 May 2023)
• CVE-2023-32096 (3.1 Low, published 18 May 2023)

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