Mozilla Thunderbird up to 115.3.1 WebGL denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 115.3.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WebGL. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-5724. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 115.3.1 (Mail Client Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component WebGL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 10/24/2023 by pwn2car as Bug 1836705 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

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This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-5724. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276142 (TencentOS Server 3: firefox (TSSA-2023:0261)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 115.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (276142). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 276142
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 3: firefox (TSSA-2023:0261)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 115.4

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10/24/2023 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1836705
Researcher: pwn2car
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2023-5724 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5724
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-243235

Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2023 21:20
Updated: 11/24/2025 09:37
Changes: 10/24/2023 21:20 (18), 10/24/2023 21:23 (28), 11/15/2023 13:15 (2), 11/15/2023 13:20 (11), 09/11/2024 23:23 (27), 04/21/2025 09:23 (3), 11/24/2025 09:37 (2)
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