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Unscored CVE-2023-4579 EUVD-2023-54433GHSA-qj3f-v6p7-vxvm

Persisted search terms were formatted as URLs

Published Sep 11, 2023 · Updated Dec 18, 2025 · Assigned by mozilla

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – < 117 117

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS mozjs102 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mozjs78 +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 USN-6320-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mozjs52 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mozjs38 +1 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 117.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13176-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Advisories 4

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