CVE-2023-29541: Mozilla Firefox

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Firefox did not properly handle downloads of files ending in <code>.desktop</code>, which can be interpreted to run attacker-controlled commands. <br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Linux on certain Distributions. Other operating systems are unaffected, and Mozilla is unable to enumerate all affected Linux Distributions.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Focus for Android < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, Firefox for Android < 112, and Thunderbird < 102.10.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 112.0 (fixed in 112.0)
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 102.10 (fixed in 102.10)
• Mozilla Firefox Mobile: before 112.0 (fixed in 112.0)
• Mozilla Focus: before 112.0 (fixed in 112.0)
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 102.10 (fixed in 102.10)

Published 2023-06-02. Last modified 2026-08-19.