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Mozilla Thunderbird Security Advisory (MFSA2023-12) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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Mozilla Thunderbird MFSA2023-12 on Mac OS X denial-of-service vulnerabilit

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.832101");
  script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-28427");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"8.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-04-07 12:37:00 +0000 (Fri, 07 Apr 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-03-31 12:54:16 +0530 (Fri, 31 Mar 2023)");
  script_name("Mozilla Thunderbird Security Advisory (MFSA2023-12) - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Thunderbird is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
  on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to error in the handling
  of Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allow attackers to
  execute arbitrary code and cause denial of service condition.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Thunderbird version before 102.9.1 on Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 102.9.1
  or later, Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-12/");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_mozilla_prdts_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Thunderbird/MacOSX/Version");
  exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) ) exit( 0 );
tbVer = infos["version"];
tbPath = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:tbVer, test_version:"102.9.1"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:tbVer, fixed_version:"102.9.1", install_path:tbPath);
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

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19 Sep 2025 00:00Current
8.2High risk
Vulners AI Score8.2
CVSS 3.18.2
EPSS0.01185
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