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CVE-2023-29541

26
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (21)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el8_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el9_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: thunderbird-0:102.10.0-2.el9_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:102.10.0-1.el9_0
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-29541Moderate

Mozilla: Files with malicious extensions could have been downloaded unsafely on Linux

Apr 11, 2023

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2023-13
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2023-14
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2023-15
Vendor Advisory