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CVE-2023-23598 json

Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux

published 2023-06-02 3 y ago modified 2026-10-23 16 d ago also EUVD-2023-27698

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 109
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 102.7
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 102.7
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 102.7.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:102.7.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23598

  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 109.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23598

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  • thunderbird RHEL 7 102.7.1-1.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 9 102.7.1-1.el9_1
  • firefox RHEL 8 102.7.0-1.el8_7
  • firefox RHEL 9 102.7.0-1.el9_1
  • thunderbird RHEL 8 102.7.1-1.el8_7
  • firefox RHEL 7 102.7.0-1.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.1 E4S 102.7.1-1.el8_1
  • firefox RHEL 8.2 TUS, RHEL 8.2 E4S, RHEL 8.2 AUS 102.7.0-1.el8_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:0456RHSA-2023:0457RHSA-2023:0294RHSA-2023:0289RHSA-2023:0476RHSA-2023:0290

  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 102.7.1-150200.8.102.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +9 more 102.7.0-150200.152.73.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS +1 more 102.7.0-150000.150.71.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 102.7.0-112.145.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0329-1SUSE-SU-2023:0113-1SUSE-SU-2023:0112-1SUSE-SU-2023:0111-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 109.0-1.1
  • mozjs102 openSUSE Tumbleweed 102.7.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 102.7.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12623-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12627-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12652-1

  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 9 102.7.1-1.el9_1.alma
  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 102.7.1-1.el8_7.alma
  • firefox AlmaLinux 9 102.7.0-1.el9_1.alma
  • firefox AlmaLinux 8 102.7.0-1.el8_7.alma

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:0476ALSA-2023:0463ALSA-2023:0285ALSA-2023:0288

  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 9 102.7.1-1.el9_1
  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 102.7.1-1.el8_7
  • firefox Rocky Linux 8 102.7.0-1.el8_7
  • firefox Rocky Linux 9 102.7.0-1.el9_1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:0476RLSA-2023:0463RLSA-2023:0288RLSA-2023:0285

  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +3 more 102.7.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-23598

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-23598 updated cvss 7.5

Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 102.7.0-1.el8_7, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el8_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0288
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox 102.7.0-1.el9_1, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el9_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0285
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox 102.7.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0294
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) firefox 102.7.0-1.el8_1, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0290
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) firefox 102.7.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0294
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) firefox 102.7.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0295
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) firefox 102.7.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0289
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) firefox 102.7.0-1.el9_0, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0286
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) firefox 102.7.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0294
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 102.7.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.7.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 102.7.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.7.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 102.7.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.7.1-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.7.0-1.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0296

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.