PT-2023-8012 · Mozilla+4 · Firefox+4

Edward Prior

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Published

2023-12-19

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Updated

2025-03-21

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CVE-2023-6871

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 121
Description The issue is related to the absence of a warning when a user attempts to navigate to a new protocol handler under certain conditions. This could potentially allow a remote attacker to impact data integrity.
Recommendations For versions prior to 121, update to a version 121 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to new protocol handlers until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-8231
ALT-PU-2024-13898
ALT-PU-2024-15839
ALT-PU-2024-15840
BDU:2023-09127
CVE-2023-6871
OESA-2025-1322
OESA-2025-1323
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13531-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
USN-6562-1
USN-6562-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Firefox
Linuxmint
Ubuntu