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CVE-2025-3875: Thunderbird parses addresses in a way that can allow sender spoofing in case the server allows an invalid From address to be used. For example, if...

7.5 CVSS

Description

Thunderbird parses addresses in a way that can allow sender spoofing in case the server allows an invalid From address to be used. For example, if the From header contains an (invalid) value "Spoofed Name ", Thunderbird treats [email protected] as the actual address. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 128.10.1 and Thunderbird < 138.0.1.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-3875

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types

Sender Spoofing via Malformed From Header in Thunderbird

Affected Products

Vendor: Mozilla

Product: Thunderbird

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 12.16% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-12 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3875
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1950629
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-34/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-35/

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