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HistoryOct 25, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2023-5725

2023-10-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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webextension vulnerability
firefox
firefox esr
thunderbird
arbitrary urls
sensitive data collection

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

28.7%

A malicious installed WebExtension could open arbitrary URLs, which under
the right circumstance could be leveraged to collect sensitive user data.
This vulnerability affects Firefox < 119, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and
Thunderbird < 115.4.1.

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