# CVE-2023-3417: File Extension Spoofing using the Text Direction Override Character

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 115.0.1, 102.13.1
- Published: 2023-07-24 · Updated: 2025-12-18

## Affected

- Mozilla Thunderbird: fixed in 115.0.1
- Mozilla Thunderbird: fixed in 102.13.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Thunderbird, upgrade to a fixed version (115.0.1, 102.13.1) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1835582
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00032.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5463
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-27/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-28/

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