CVE catalog
CVE-2023-29545
firefox-esr: CVE-2023-29545
- 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
- 0.58% · Oct 25, 2026
Similar to CVE-2023-28163, this time when choosing 'Save Link As', suggested filenames containing environment variable names would have resolved those in the context of the current user. *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.
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 |
| Ubuntu | mozjs52 | 18.04 | 52.3.1-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs52 | 18.04 | 52.3.1-7fakesync1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs52 | 18.04 | 52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs52 | 18.04 | 52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs38 | 18.04 | 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs38 | 18.04 | 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs38 | 18.04 | 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs68 | 20.04 | 68.5.0-1~fakesync | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs68 | 20.04 | 68.5.0-2~fakesync | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs68 | 20.04 | 68.6.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs68 | 20.04 | 68.6.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs52 | 20.04 | 52.9.1-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs52 | 20.04 | 52.9.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs78 | 22.04 | 78.13.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs78 | 22.04 | 78.15.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs78 | 22.04 | 78.15.0-4ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs91 | 22.04 | 91.5.1-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs91 | 22.04 | 91.6.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs91 | 22.04 | 91.6.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs91 | 22.04 | 91.7.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mozjs91 | 22.04 | 91.10.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | firefox | Not reported | 112.0 | fixed |
| Cpe | firefox_esr | Not reported | 102.10 | fixed |
| Cpe | thunderbird | Not reported | 102.10 | 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 | 112.0 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-29545 | Not reported |
| Cpe | firefox_esr | cpe | Not reported | 102.10 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-29545 | Not reported |
| Cpe | thunderbird | cpe | Not reported | 102.10 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-29545 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1823077]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2023_1817-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29545]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29545]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29545]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2031.json]
- [https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/]
- [https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/]
- [https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/]
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