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CVE-2023-29546

Published: 19 June 2023

When recording the screen while in Private Browsing on Firefox for Android the address bar and keyboard were not hidden, potentially leaking sensitive information. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox for Android < 112 and Focus for Android < 112.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine
mdeslaur
starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script
that installs the Firefox snap
rodrigo-zaiden
Android issue only

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(Android only)
focal Not vulnerable
(Android only)
jammy Not vulnerable
(Android only)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(Android only)
lunar Not vulnerable
(Android only)
mantic Not vulnerable
(Android only)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Not vulnerable
(debian: Only affects Firefox on Android)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
mozjs38
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

mozjs52
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

mozjs68
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needs triage

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

mozjs78
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

mozjs91
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of standard support, was needed)
focal Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
lunar Not vulnerable

mantic Not vulnerable

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N