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MFSA2023-13 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 112, Firefox for Android 112, Focus for Android 112 (CVE-2023-29542)

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MFSA2023-13 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 112, Firefox for Android 112, Focus for Android 112 (CVE-2023-29542)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/11/2023
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/12/2023
Modified
06/29/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-112_0

References

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