CVE-2023-0616
Mozilla: User Interface lockup with messages combining S/MIME and OpenPGP
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
If a MIME email combines OpenPGP and OpenPGP MIME data in a certain way Thunderbird repeatedly attempts to process and display the message, which could cause Thunderbird's user interface to lock up and no longer respond to the user's actions. An attacker could send a crafted message with this structure to attempt a DoS attack. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.8.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: If a MIME email combines OpenPGP and OpenPGP MIME data in a certain way Thunderbird repeatedly attempts to process and display the message, which could cause Thunderbird's user interface to lock up and no longer respond to the user's actions. An attacker could send a crafted message with this structure to attempt a DoS attack.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing, or execute arbitrary code. Johan Carlsson discovered that Thunderbird did not properly implement CSP policy on a header when using iframes. An attacker could potentially exploits this to exfiltrate data.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2023-02-01 CVE Reserved
- 2023-02-20 CVE Published
- 2025-01-10 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- CWE-449: The UI Performs the Wrong Action
- CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC
References (3)
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07 | 2023-06-08 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0616 | 2023-02-20 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2171397 | 2023-02-20 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 102.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.8" | - |
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