CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
58.9%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
mdeslaur | starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | firefox | < 112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | firefox | < 112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mozjs38 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mozjs52 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mozjs52 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mozjs68 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs78 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs91 | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | thunderbird | < 1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | thunderbird | < 1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-29541
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29541
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29541
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6010-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6015-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29541
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/#CVE-2023-29541
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/#CVE-2023-29541
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/#CVE-2023-29541