UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4579

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4579

    Published: 30 Aug 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-4579
    Aliases:
    USN-6320-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4579, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6320-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4579

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mozjs52

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    52.3.1-0ubuntu3
    52.3.1-7fakesync1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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