4.3

CVE-2023-29538: mozilla firefox Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-29538
Published 02-06-2023Last modified 09-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-29538 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12882-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-6010-1

Timeline

  1. 02-06-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Under specific circumstances a WebExtension may have received a <code>jar:file:///</code> URI instead of a <code>moz-extension:///</code> URI during a load request. This leaked directory paths on the user's machine. This vulnerability affects Firefox for Android < 112, Firefox < 112, and Focus for Android < 112.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu6 products
  • firefox< 112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 112.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla5 products

2 vendors · 11 products

References

6 links