CVE-2023-29541

2023-04-1200:00:00

ubuntu.com

firefox

vulnerability

linux

distributions

download

files

commands

mozilla

affected

thunderbird

esr

focus

android

bug

interpreter

engine

javascript

ubuntu 22.04

snap

unix

8.8 High

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

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

54.8%

JSON

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.

Notes

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

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchfirefox< 112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchfirefox< 112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmozjs38< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmozjs52< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmozjs52< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmozjs68< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs78< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchmozjs91< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchthunderbird< 1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchthunderbird< 1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1UNKNOWN

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