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.
CVE-2023-3417
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-07-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 34(Track)EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 49%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 24, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- security@mozillahttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1835582
- security@mozillahttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00032.html
- security@mozillahttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5463
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-27/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-28/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1835582
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00032.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5463
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-27/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-28/
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.14.0-1.el8_4 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.14.0-1.el8_6 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.14.0-1.el9_2 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.14.0-1.el9_0 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.14.0-1.el7_9 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.14.0-1.el8_8 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.14.0-1.el8_1 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:102.14.0-1.el8_2 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | 1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (249 versions) | 1:102.13.1-1~deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | 1:102.0.1-1 ... 1:91.9.0-1~deb9u1 (126 versions) | 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | 1:102.11.0-1 ... 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1 (11 versions) | 1:102.13.1-1~deb12u1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — | 1:102.13.1-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — | 1:102.13.1-1 | — |
All Vendor Advisories
(9)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4492MODERATE2023-07-20
RHSA-2023:4492 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4493MODERATE2023-07-20
RHSA-2023:4493 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4494MODERATE2023-07-20
RHSA-2023:4494 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4495MODERATE2023-07-20
RHSA-2023:4495 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4496MODERATE2023-07-20
RHSA-2023:4496 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4497MODERATE2023-07-20
RHSA-2023:4497 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4499MODERATE2023-07-20
RHSA-2023:4499 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4500MODERATE2023-07-20
RHSA-2023:4500 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6333-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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