CVE-2023-29547 Security feature bypass in Firefox

What is CVE-2023-29547?

CVE-2023-29547 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 2 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

When a secure cookie existed in the Firefox cookie jar an insecure cookie for the same domain could have been created, when it should have silently failed. This could have led to a desynchronization in expected results when reading from the secure cookie. This vulnerability affects Firefox for Android < 112, Firefox < 112, and Focus for Android < 112.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29547?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr, Mozilla Focus.

How do I fix CVE-2023-29547?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2023-29547 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29547 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3hwv-cmwg-vxxj, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29547.