🛡️ CVE-2023-50761 — debian-linux

🟡 CVSS 4.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
4.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

The signature of a digitally signed S/MIME email message may optionally specify the signature creation date and time. If present, Thunderbird did not compare the signature creation date with the message date and time, and displayed a valid signature despite a date or time mismatch. This could be used to give recipients the impression that a message was sent at a different date or time. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.6.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Affected software

CVE-2023-50761 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • thunderbird (fixed in 115.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 19 December 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org
lists.debian.org
www.debian.org
www.mozilla.org
bugzilla.mozilla.org
lists.debian.org
www.debian.org
www.mozilla.org

CVE-2023-50761 on other distributions

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-12-19
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
thunderbird 115.6

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