🛡️ CVE-2023-5732 on Debian — firefox-esr

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

An attacker could have created a malicious link using bidirectional characters to spoof the location in the address bar when visited. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 115.4, and Thunderbird < 115.4.1.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-5732 as tracked by Debian, for the package firefox-esr. The fix is available in version 115.4.0esr-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5732 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • firefox-esr (fixed in 115.4.0esr-1)
  • thunderbird (fixed in 1:115.4.1-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 October 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-5732 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-10-25
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
firefox-esr — 115.4.0esr-1
thunderbird — 1:115.4.1-1

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