CVE-2023-29542
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2023-06-19T10:03:32.039Z
State: PUBLISHED
affected: defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Firefox
vendor: Mozilla
versions: lessThan: 112
status: affected
version: unspecified
versionType: custom
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Firefox ESR
vendor: Mozilla
versions: lessThan: 102.10
status: affected
version: unspecified
versionType: custom
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Thunderbird
vendor: Mozilla
versions: lessThan: 102.10
status: affected
version: unspecified
versionType: custom
credits: user: 00000000-0000-4000-9000-000000000000
value: Shaheen Fazim and Ameen Basha M K
descriptions: supportingMedia: base64: no
type: text/html
value: <p>A newline in a filename could have been used to bypass the file extension security mechanisms that replace malicious file extensions such as .lnk  with .download. This could have led to accidental execution of malicious code.</p><p>*This bug only affects Firefox and Thunderbird on Windows. Other versions of Firefox&nbsp;and Thunderbird are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox &lt; 112, Firefox ESR &lt; 102.10, and Thunderbird &lt; 102.10.</p>
value: A newline in a filename could have been used to bypass the file extension security mechanisms that replace malicious file extensions such as .lnk  with .download. This could have led to accidental execution of malicious code.

*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.


problemTypes: descriptions: description: Bypass of file download extension restrictions
source: discovery: UNKNOWN
x_generator: engine: Vulnogram 0.1.0-dev