CVE-2023-29541 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Firefox, Firefox ESR, Firefox Focus, and Thunderbird versions prior to 112 (or 102.10 for ESR/Thunderbird). It allows for arbitrary command execution on certain Linux distributions by improperly handling downloads of .desktop files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 112.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 112.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* | ||
< 102.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 112.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:focus:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* | ||
< 102.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.