Is CVE-2023-29541 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-29541 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-29541?

CVE-2023-29541 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-29541?

CVE-2023-29541 has an EPSS score of 0.74% (50th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-29541?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 112.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-29541

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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 < 112, Focus for Android < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, Firefox for Android < 112, and Thunderbird < 102.10.

CWE-116

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:112.0-1CVE-2023-29541

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-6010-1

Fixed in:112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-6010-1

thunderbirdUbuntu

Fixed in:1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-6015-1

Fixed in:1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-6015-1

Fixed in:1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-6015-1

Fixed in:1:102.10.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-6015-1

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:112.0Fixed in:112.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:112.0Fixed in:112.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US)Windows application

Affected:102.10Fixed in:102.10Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:102.10Fixed in:102.10Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.74%probability of exploitation in 30 days

50thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 50% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory4

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-38475	Critical	9.1	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-36446	Critical	9.8	96%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-31806	Medium	6.5	96%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30781	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-36099	Critical	9.9	76%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-36100	Critical	9.9	74%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-01-10.