CVE-2022-46872
An attacker who compromised a content process could have partially escaped the sandbox to read arbitrary files via clipboard-related IPC messages.<br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird for Linux.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An attacker who compromised a content process could have partially escaped the sandbox to read arbitrary files via clipboard-related IPC messages.<br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird for Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108, Firefox ESR < 102.6, and Thunderbird < 102.6.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.77% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-51/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-53/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-51/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-53/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.