User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,141.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-10914926
  • published24 Jul 2025
  • disclosed22 Jul 2025
  • creditalayersattackers

Introduced: 22 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-8043  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-451  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 141.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information due to improper handling of URL truncation in the Focus process. An attacker can mislead users about the true destination of a link by displaying a manipulated URL, potentially facilitating phishing or other social engineering attacks.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1