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. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108, Firefox ESR < 102.6, and Thunderbird < 102.6.

CVSS v3 8.6 HIGH

8.6^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156	Issue 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=1799156	Issue 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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Apr 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-125

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-15 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-46872

Mitre link : CVE-2022-46872

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-46872

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox_esr
firefox
thunderbird

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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