CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-29541
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-06-02
- Last modified
- 2026-08-19
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-116
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 112.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 102.10)
• mozilla firefox mobile (< 112.0)
• mozilla focus (< 112.0)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 102.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1810191 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1810191 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/ Vendor Advisory