Riskcovery

CVE-2023-3417

File Extension Spoofing using the Text Direction Override Character

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jul 24, 2023
Updated
Dec 18, 2025
Reserved
Jun 26, 2023

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Description

Thunderbird allowed the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. An email attachment could be incorrectly shown as being a document file, while in fact it was an executable file. Newer versions of Thunderbird will strip the character and show the correct file extension. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.0.1 and Thunderbird < 102.13.1.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ThunderbirdMozilla
  • before 115.0.1Affected
ThunderbirdMozilla
  • before 102.13.1Affected

References

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