CVE-2023-3417
thunderbird - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-3417
To remediate CVE-2023-3417, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:102.13.1-1~deb10u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2023-3417 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1
- from 0, < 1:102.13.1-1~deb10u1
- from 0, < 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |