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CVE-2023-37203: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-37203
Published 05-07-2023Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-37203 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
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 6 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13037-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1SUSE-SU-2023:2849-1SUSE-SU-2023:2850-1SUSE-SU-2023:2886-1USN-6201-1

Timeline

  1. 05-07-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Insufficient validation in the Drag and Drop API in conjunction with social engineering, may have allowed an attacker to trick end-users into creating a shortcut to local system files. This could have been leveraged to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 115 | < 115.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 115.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.3

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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