CVE catalog
CVE-2023-28163
firefox-esr: CVE-2023-28163
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.80% · Oct 25, 2026
When downloading files through the Save As dialog on Windows with suggested filenames containing environment variable names, Windows would have resolved those in the context of the current user. <br>*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111, Firefox ESR < 102.9, and Thunderbird < 102.9.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | firefox-esr | sid | 153.5.1esr-1 | not affected |
| Debian | firefox-esr | forky | 153.5.1esr-1 | not affected |
| Debian | firefox-esr | trixie | 140.15.0esr-1~deb13u1 | not affected |
| Debian | firefox-esr | trixie-security | 153.5.1esr-1~deb13u1 | not affected |
| Debian | firefox-esr | bookworm | 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 | not affected |
| Debian | firefox-esr | bookworm-security | 153.5.1esr-1~deb12u1 | not affected |
| Debian | thunderbird | sid | 1:153.5.1esr-1 | not affected |
| Debian | thunderbird | forky | 1:153.5.0esr-1 | not affected |
| Debian | thunderbird | trixie | 1:140.12.0esr-1~deb13u1 | not affected |
| Debian | thunderbird | trixie-security | 1:153.5.1esr-1~deb13u2 | not affected |
| Debian | thunderbird | bookworm | 1:140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 | not affected |
| Debian | thunderbird | bookworm-security | 1:153.5.1esr-1~deb12u1 | not affected |
| Cpe | firefox | Not reported | 111.0 | fixed |
| Cpe | firefox_esr | Not reported | 102.9 | fixed |
| Cpe | thunderbird | Not reported | 102.9 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | firefox-esr | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | firefox-esr | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | firefox-esr | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | firefox-esr | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | thunderbird | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | thunderbird | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | thunderbird | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | thunderbird | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | firefox | cpe | Not reported | 111.0 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-28163 | Not reported |
| Cpe | firefox_esr | cpe | Not reported | 102.9 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-28163 | Not reported |
| Cpe | thunderbird | cpe | Not reported | 102.9 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-28163 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1817768]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2023_0728-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28163]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28163]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28163]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-0673.json]
- [https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/]
- [https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/]
- [https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-11/]
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