3.1

CVE-2023-4579: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 3.1v3.1LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-4579CGA-pq3g-h8jj-ggrpCGA-vpf6-xxv4-rvww
Published 11-09-2023Last modified 18-12-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-4579 is a low (CVSS 3.1) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
12/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.1/10
010
Low · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.45%
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 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13176-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-6320-1CGA-C668-P5GR-29MF

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-12-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.45% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.45%

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

Ubuntu7 products
  • firefox< 117.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard1 product
  • firefox-esr< 117.0-r0
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 117 | < 117.0

3 vendors · 9 products

References

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