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usn-5972-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-03-27 03:18
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Details

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. (CVE-2023-25152, CVE-2023-28162, CVE-2023-28176)

Lukas Bernhard discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory when invalidating JIT code while following an iterator. An attacker could potentially exploits this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-25751)

Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage cross-origin iframe when dragging a URL. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to perform spoofing attacks. (CVE-2023-28164)

References
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  "details": "Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were\ntricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an\nattacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,\nobtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site\ntracing, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-25152, CVE-2023-28162,\nCVE-2023-28176)\n\nLukas Bernhard discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory\nwhen invalidating JIT code while following an iterator. An attacker could\npotentially exploits this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2023-25751)\n\nLuan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage\ncross-origin iframe when dragging a URL. An attacker could potentially\nexploit this issue to perform spoofing attacks. (CVE-2023-28164)\n",
  "id": "USN-5972-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:04Z",
  "published": "2023-03-27T03:18:43Z",
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  "summary": "thunderbird vulnerabilities",
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}



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