Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-6871
CVE-2023-6871
Description
Under certain conditions, Firefox did not display a warning when a user attempted to navigate to a new protocol handler. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.
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Affected products
6<121+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <121
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <121.0
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/firefox-esrpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 121.0-r0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 121.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121.0-1.1
Patches
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References
3- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
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