CVE-2023-4579
lowpriority · track · 12EPSS 0.005 · 39 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.9–7.5
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (31)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v2 / Windows 10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v2__windows_10
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-2202Mozilla Firefox und Thunderbird: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Mozilla Firefox und Mozilla Thunderbird ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen und vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (13)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-4579cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-4579/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Mozilla-Firefox-Thunderbird-multiple-vulnerabilities-42141cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.4954cnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766enisa_euvd
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