CVE-2023-23598

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"state": "PUBLISHED", "cveId": "CVE-2023-23598", "assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe", "assignerShortName": "mozilla", "dateUpdated": "2025-12-18T15:22:51.666Z", "dateReserved": "2023-01-16T00:00:00.000Z", "datePublished": "2023-06-02T00:00:00.000Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "Firefox", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"lessThan": "109", "status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "versionType": "custom"}]}, {"product": "Firefox ESR", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"lessThan": "102.7", "status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "versionType": "custom"}]}, {"product": "Thunderbird", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"lessThan": "102.7", "status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to <code>DataTransfer.setData</code>. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7."}]}], "title": "Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux", "references": [{"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/"}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Tom Schuster"}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe", "shortName": "mozilla", "dateUpdated": "2025-12-18T15:22:51.666Z"}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T10:35:33.595Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}]}, {"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2025-01-09T16:22:19.388970Z", "id": "CVE-2023-23598", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-01-09T16:22:35.356Z"}}]}}

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "containers": {"adp": [{"title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T10:35:33.595Z"}}, {"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2023-23598", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-01-09T16:22:19.388970Z"}}}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-01-09T16:22:31.147Z"}}], "cna": {"title": "Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux", "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Tom Schuster"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "Mozilla", "product": "Firefox", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "lessThan": "109", "versionType": "custom"}]}, {"vendor": "Mozilla", "product": "Firefox ESR", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "lessThan": "102.7", "versionType": "custom"}]}, {"vendor": "Mozilla", "product": "Thunderbird", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "lessThan": "102.7", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/"}, {"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "value": "Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to <code>DataTransfer.setData</code>. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.", "base64": false}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe", "shortName": "mozilla", "dateUpdated": "2025-12-18T15:22:51.666Z"}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-23598", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2025-12-18T15:22:51.666Z", "dateReserved": "2023-01-16T00:00:00.000Z", "assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe", "datePublished": "2023-06-02T00:00:00.000Z", "assignerShortName": "mozilla"}, "dataVersion": "5.2"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "Firefox", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"lessThan": "109", "status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "versionType": "custom"}]}, {"product": "Firefox ESR", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"lessThan": "102.7", "status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "versionType": "custom"}]}, {"product": "Thunderbird", "vendor": "Mozilla", "versions": [{"lessThan": "102.7", "status": "affected", "version": "unspecified", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "source": "security@mozilla.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "2809632C-444A-49A3-A7E7-D3BB027A91B8", "versionEndExcluding": "109.0", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "1D5D3545-44B1-4576-B1BA-C461D4DC09A3", "versionEndExcluding": "102.7", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "E73E816A-885B-49D4-BB52-220D30866D7C", "versionEndExcluding": "102.7", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Debido al uso por parte del c\u00f3digo envoltorio GTK de Firefox de text/plain para datos de arrastre y a que GTK trata todos los MIME text/plain que contienen URL de archivo como si estuvieran siendo arrastrados, un sitio web podr\u00eda leer arbitrariamente un archivo mediante una llamada a 'DataTransfer.setData'. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR anterior a 102.7 y Thunderbird anterior a 102.7."}], "id": "CVE-2023-23598", "lastModified": "2026-10-23T23:10:00.157", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2023-23598", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2025-01-09T16:22:19.388970Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2023-06-02T17:15:10.580", "references": [{"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Issue Tracking", "Permissions Required", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/"}, {"source": "security@mozilla.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Issue Tracking", "Permissions Required", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security@mozilla.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"acknowledgement": "Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Tom Schuster as the original reporter.", "affected_release": [{"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0296", "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el7_9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0456", "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el7_9", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0288", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el8_7", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0463", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el8_7", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0290", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el8_1", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0457", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el8_1", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0294", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el8_2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0459", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el8_2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0294", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el8_2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0459", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el8_2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0294", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el8_2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0459", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el8_2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0295", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el8_4", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0460", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el8_4", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0289", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el8_6", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0462", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el8_6", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0285", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el9_1", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0476", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el9_1", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "release_date": "2023-01-26T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0286", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0", "package": "firefox-0:102.7.0-1.el9_0", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support", "release_date": "2023-01-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2023:0461", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0", "package": "thunderbird-0:102.7.1-1.el9_0", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support", "release_date": "2023-01-25T00:00:00Z"}], "bugzilla": {"description": "Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux", "id": "2162338", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162338"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "verified"}, "cwe": "CWE-450", "details": ["Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to <code>DataTransfer.setData</code>. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Thunderbird < 102.7, and Firefox ESR < 102.7.", "The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:\nDue to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`."], "name": "CVE-2023-23598", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}], "public_date": "2023-01-17T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23598\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23598\nhttps://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/#CVE-2023-23598\nhttps://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/#CVE-2023-23598"], "statement": "Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.", "threat_severity": "Important"}

{}