CVE-2023-4579

Name
CVE-2023-4579
Description
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.
NVD Severity
low
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/
MISC https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* firefox >= None < 117.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
firefox 3.18-community 116.0.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable