CVE-2023-3417

Thunderbird allowed the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. An email attachment could be incorrectly shown as being a document file, while in fact it was an executable file. Newer versions of Thunderbird will strip the character and show the correct file extension. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.0.1 and Thunderbird < 102.13.1.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1835582	Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00032.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5463	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-27/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-28/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-07-24 11:15

Updated : 2023-08-01 17:53

NVD link : CVE-2023-3417

Mitre link : CVE-2023-3417

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-3417

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mozilla

thunderbird

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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