CVE-2023-0616
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-06-02 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 05:17
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1806507Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaThunderbird
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