Multiple Interpretations of UI Input Affecting firefox package, versions <0:102.7.0-1.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-8016375
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed17 Jan 2023

Introduced: 17 Jan 2023

CVE-2023-23598  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-450  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:102.7.0-1.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0296.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to <code>DataTransfer.setData</code>. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Thunderbird < 102.7, and Firefox ESR < 102.7.

CVSS Scores

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