CVE-2023-29542

Summary

CVECVE-2023-29542
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-19 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-27 08:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 112, Firefox for Android 112, Focus for Android 112 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 102.10 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 102.10 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378383 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-13)
  • 378384 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-14)
  • 378387 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-15)
  • 503446 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 506054 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 753906 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:1819-1)
  • 753907 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:1817-1)
  • 753909 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:1855-1)
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