CVE-2023-29539

high

Published 2023-04-14 · Modified 2023-04-17

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

When handling the filename directive in the Content-Disposition header, the filename would be truncated if the filename contained a NULL character. This could have led to reflected file download attacks potentially tricking users to install malware. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Focus for Android < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, Firefox for Android < 112, and Thunderbird < 102.10.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`firefox-102.10.0-1.el9_1.alma.aarch64.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`102.10.0esr-1`
sid	Fixed	`112.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`102.10.0esr-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`102.10.0esr-1~deb11u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`102.10.0esr-1`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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