CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-29542

Published: Jun 19, 2023 | Modified: Jun 27, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 112.0 (excluding)
Firefox_esr Mozilla * 102.10 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 102.10 (excluding)

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