CVE-2023-29541

high

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.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1810191

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-06-02

Updated: 2023-06-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High