Riskcovery

CVE-2023-29541

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Jun 2, 2023
Updated
Jan 10, 2025
Reserved
Apr 7, 2023

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Description

Firefox did not properly handle downloads of files ending in <code>.desktop</code>, which can be interpreted to run attacker-controlled commands. <br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Linux on certain Distributions. Other operating systems are unaffected, and Mozilla is unable to enumerate all affected Linux Distributions.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Focus for Android < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, Firefox for Android < 112, and Thunderbird < 102.10.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FirefoxMozilla
  • before 112Affected
Focus for AndroidMozilla
  • before 112Affected
Firefox ESRMozilla
  • before 102.10Affected
Firefox for AndroidMozilla
  • before 112Affected
ThunderbirdMozilla
  • before 102.10Affected

References

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