Mozilla Thunderbird up to 115.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 115.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-6864. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 115.5 (Mail Client Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 115.6, Thunderbird < 115.6, and Firefox < 121.

The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2023. The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-6864 since 12/15/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 01/23/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214469 (Debian dla-3697 : firefox-esr - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 115.6 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214469). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Mail Client Software

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Thunderbird

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214469
Nessus Name: Debian dla-3697 : firefox-esr - security update

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 115.6

Timelineinfo

12/15/2023 🔍
12/19/2023 +4 days 🔍
12/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/21/2025 +488 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: DLA 3697-1
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-248392

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2023 16:34
Updated: 04/21/2025 00:43
Changes: 12/19/2023 16:34 (41), 01/12/2024 17:50 (1), 01/12/2024 17:59 (11), 01/23/2025 04:38 (17), 04/21/2025 00:43 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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