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Mozilla Thunderbird ESR < 128.9

critical Nessus Plugin ID 233644

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 128.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2025-24 advisory.

 - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 136, Thunderbird 136, Firefox ESR 128.8, and Thunderbird 128.8. 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. (CVE-2025-3030)

 - JavaScript code running while transforming a document with the XSLTProcessor could lead to a use-after- free. (CVE-2025-3028)

 - A crafted URL containing specific Unicode characters could have hidden the true origin of the page, resulting in a potential spoofing attack. (CVE-2025-3029)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird ESR version 128.9 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-24/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 233644

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_128_9_esr.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/1/2025

Updated: 4/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-3030

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-3028, CVE-2025-3029, CVE-2025-3030

IAVA: 2025-A-0213-S