CVE-2023-4579
published 2023-09-11CVE-2023-4579: 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…
PriorityP410low3.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACHPRNUIRSUCNILAN
EPSS
0.38%
30.2th percentile
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.
Affected
5 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | firefox | < firefox 117.0-1 (sid) | firefox 117.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 117.0 | 117.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 117 | 117 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.13.1LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian3.1LOW
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2023-08-30·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2023-4575 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4573,
CVE-2023-4574, CVE-2023-4575, CVE-2023-4578, CVE-2023-4581, CVE-2023-4583,
CVE-2023-4584, CVE-2023-4585)
Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when
the "UpdateRegExpStatics" attempted to access "initialStringHeap". An
attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-4577)
Malte Jürgens discovered that Firefox did not properly handle search
queries if the sea
Debian
CVE-2023-4579: firefox - Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the curren...
vendor_debian·2023·CVSS 3.1
CVE-2023-4579 [LOW] CVE-2023-4579: firefox - Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the curren...
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.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 117.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-34: CVE-2023-4579
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 3.1
CVE-2023-4579 [LOW] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-34: CVE-2023-4579
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-34
CVE: CVE-2023-4579
Product: Firefox
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox 117
GHSA
GHSA-qj3f-v6p7-vxvm: 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
ghsa_unreviewed·2023-09-11
CVE-2023-4579 [LOW] GHSA-qj3f-v6p7-vxvm: 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
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.
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2023-08-30·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2023-4573 [MEDIUM] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4573,
CVE-2023-4574, CVE-2023-4575, CVE-2023-4578, CVE-2023-4581, CVE-2023-4583,
CVE-2023-4584, CVE-2023-4585)
Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when
the "UpdateRegExpStatics" attempted to access "initialStringHeap". An
attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-4577)
Malte Jürgens discovered that Firefox did not properly handle search
queries if the search query itself was a well formed URL. An attacker could
potent
OSV
CVE-2023-4579: 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
osv·2023-08-30·CVSS 3.1
CVE-2023-4579 [LOW] CVE-2023-4579: 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
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/
2023-09-11
Published