Mozilla Thunderbird up to 91.7 OpenPGP Key state issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 91.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component OpenPGP Key Handler. Such manipulation leads to state issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-1197. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 91.7 (Mail Client Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component OpenPGP Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-371. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

When importing a revoked key that specified key compromise as the revocation reason, Thunderbird did not update the existing copy of the key that was not yet revoked, and the existing key was kept as non-revoked. Revocation statements that used another revocation reason, or that didn't specify a revocation reason, were unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8.

The weakness was shared 04/05/2022 by Johannes König as Bug 1754985 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

When importing a revoked key that specified key compromise as the revocation reason, Thunderbird did not update the existing copy of the key that was not yet revoked, and the existing key was kept as non-revoked. Revocation statements that used another revocation reason, or that didn't specify a revocation reason, were unaffected.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-1197. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/17/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208650 (CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:1302)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 91.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208650). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

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Class: State issue
CWE: CWE-371
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Nessus ID: 208650
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:1302)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 91.8

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03/31/2022 🔍
04/05/2022 +5 days 🔍
04/05/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/30/2022 +178 days 🔍
04/29/2025 +942 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1754985
Researcher: Johannes König
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-1197 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-1197
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209924

Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2022 09:14
Updated: 04/29/2025 13:02
Changes: 09/30/2022 09:14 (18), 09/30/2022 09:17 (28), 10/26/2022 11:37 (1), 10/10/2024 02:22 (16), 04/17/2025 02:34 (13), 04/29/2025 13:02 (3)
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