CVE-2023-29541
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-06-02 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 14:14
Severity ?
Summary
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
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1810191Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFocus for Android
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox for Android
MozillaThunderbird
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