CVE-2023-4051

CVE-2023-4051: vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

Full screen notification obscured by file open dialog

Published 01 Aug 2023 · Updated 18 Dec 2025

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.7%

A website could have obscured the full screen notification by using the file open dialog. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.

Affected products

Mozilla · Firefox Mozilla · Firefox ESR Mozilla · Thunderbird

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References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1821884 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-36/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-38/