Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.6 GTK Wrapper information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component GTK Wrapper. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-23598. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.6 (Mail Client Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component GTK Wrapper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.

The weakness was published 06/03/2023. The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-23598 since 01/16/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 102.7 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-27698). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 102.7

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01/16/2023 🔍
06/03/2023 +137 days 🔍
06/03/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/18/2025 +929 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23598 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23598
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230605
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/03/2023 07:36
Updated: 12/18/2025 18:10
Changes: 06/03/2023 07:36 (42), 06/29/2023 17:11 (11), 10/14/2025 05:00 (16), 12/18/2025 18:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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