CVE-2023-29542
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-06-19 10:03
Modified
2024-08-02 14:14
Severity ?
Summary
A newline in a filename could have been used to bypass the file extension security mechanisms that replace malicious file extensions such as .lnk with .download. This could have led to accidental execution of malicious code. *This bug only affects Firefox and Thunderbird on Windows. Other versions of Firefox and Thunderbird are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, and Thunderbird < 102.10.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1810793Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1815062Permissions Required
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
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaThunderbird
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