CVE-2023-23598

CVE Details

Release Date:

2023-06-02

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2023-23598 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-0296	2023-01-24
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-0456	2023-01-25
Oracle Linux version 8 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-0288	2023-01-24
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-0463	2023-01-26
Oracle Linux version 9 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-0285	2023-01-24
Oracle Linux version 9 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-0476	2023-01-26

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