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high 8.8

CVE-2023-4047 json

A bug in popup notifications delay calculation could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions.

published 2023-08-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-53938

cvss
8.8
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

A bug in popup notifications delay calculation could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 102.14, 115.1, 116
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 102.14, 115.1
  • firefox-esr Debian 12 102.14.0esr-1~deb12u1
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13 115.1.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 12 1:102.14.0-1~deb12u1
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13 1:115.1.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4047

  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4047

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  • thunderbird RHEL 7 102.14.0-1.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • thunderbird RHEL 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8
  • firefox RHEL 7 102.14.0-1.el7_9
  • firefox RHEL 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8
  • firefox RHEL 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • firefox-x11 RHEL 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.2 TUS, RHEL 8.2 E4S, RHEL 8.2 AUS 102.14.0-1.el8_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:4496RHSA-2023:4500RHSA-2023:4495RHSA-2023:4499RHSA-2023:4494RHSA-2023:4493

  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 +3 more 115.1.0-150200.8.127.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +9 more 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 115.1.0-112.173.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 115.1.0-150000.150.97.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3228-1SUSE-SU-2023:3163-1SUSE-SU-2023:3162-1SUSE-SU-2023:3161-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 102.14.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 116.0.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13091-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13124-1

  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8.alma
  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma
  • firefox AlmaLinux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma
  • firefox-x11 AlmaLinux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2.alma
  • firefox AlmaLinux 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8.alma

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:4497ALSA-2023:4499ALSA-2023:4462ALSA-2023:4468

  • firefox Rocky Linux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 9 102.14.0-1.el9_2
  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8
  • firefox Rocky Linux 8 102.14.0-1.el8_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:4462RLSA-2023:4499RLSA-2023:4497RLSA-2023:4468

  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +3 more 115.1.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-4047

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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-2023-4047 updated cvss 8.8

Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4468
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox 102.14.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11 102.14.0-1.el9_2, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4462
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4460
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4469
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_1, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4464
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4460
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4469
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4463
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) firefox 102.14.0-1.el9_0, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4465
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4460
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) firefox 102.14.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4469
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 102.14.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 102.14.0-1.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4461

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.63% 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 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

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.