Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-34414 CVE-2023-34416 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-451 CWE-119 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Mozilla Thunderbird Client/Desktop applications / Messaging software |
| Vendor | Mozilla |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Spoofing attack
EUVDB-ID: #VU77002
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34414
CWE-ID:
CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data when displaying certificate exceptions. The error page for sites with invalid TLS certificates was missing the activation-delay Firefox uses to protect prompts and permission dialogs from attacks that exploit human response time delays. If a malicious page elicited user clicks in precise locations immediately before navigating to a site with a certificate error and made the renderer extremely busy at the same time, it could create a gap between when the error page was loaded and when the display actually refreshed.
With the right timing the elicited clicks could land in that gap and activate the button that overrides the certificate error for that site.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Thunderbird: 102.0 - 102.11.2
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-21/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU77004
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34416
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Thunderbird: 102.0 - 102.11.2
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-21/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
