vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-29541: Files with malicious extensions could have been downloaded unsafely on Linux (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2023-04-14 | 2023-04-17 | 2025-01-28 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2023-04-14
Added
2023-04-17
Modified
2025-01-28
Description
Firefox did not properly handle downloads of files ending in .desktop, which can be interpreted to run attacker-controlled commands.
*This bug only affects Firefox for Linux on certain Distributions. Other operating systems are unaffected, and Mozilla is unable to enumerate all affected Linux Distributions.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox
Solution(s)
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