CVE-2023-29534

Different techniques existed to obscure the fullscreen notification in Firefox and Focus for Android. These could have led to potential user confusion and spoofing attacks. *This bug only affects Firefox and Focus for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox for Android < 112 and Focus for Android < 112.

Published: 2023-06-19 Last update: 2024-12-11 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-29534 is rated Moderate Risk (59.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-29534

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-14 0.44% 0.50% +0.06%
2 2026-02-22 0.45% 0.44% -0.02%
3 2026-01-03 0.45%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-29534

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 5.2 [email protected]
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 5.2 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-29534

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-29534

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2023-29534: 1 source package rows (firefox); 74 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 74. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-29534
debian unimportant CVE-2023-29534 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (firefox), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29534
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-29534 medium priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (firefox, mozjs38, …), 70 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 39, ignored 19, not-affected 11, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29534

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-29534

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 112.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
mozilla firefox_focus < 112.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_focus:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

References for CVE-2023-29534

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