Mozilla Thunderbird up to 143 on Android permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 143 on Android. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-11716. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 143 on Android. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Links in a sandboxed iframe could open an external app on Android without the required "allow-" permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144 and Thunderbird < 144.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-11716 since 10/13/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/16/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 144 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2275). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • IGEL OS
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Productinfo

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CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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VulDB Base Score: 🔒
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Thunderbird 144

Timelineinfo

10/13/2025 CVE reserved
10/14/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
10/14/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/16/2025 +33 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-11716 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-11716
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-328259
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2275 - Mozilla Firefox: Mehrere Schwachstellen

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2025 15:58
Updated: 11/16/2025 14:36
Changes: 10/14/2025 15:58 (56), 11/16/2025 14:36 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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