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Firefox vulnerability

A specially crafted filename containing a large number of encoded newline characters could obscure the file's extension when displayed in the download dialog. *This bug only affects Thunderbird for Android. Other versions of Thunderbird are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138 and Thunderbird 138.

Published 29 Apr 2025Updated 30 Sep 20263 sources
CVSS 6.5
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What happened

A specially crafted filename containing a large number of encoded newline characters could obscure the file's extension when displayed in the download dialog. *This bug only affects Thunderbird for Android. Other versions of Thunderbird are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138 and Thunderbird 138.

Affected versions

Firefox: before 138.0 Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

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