Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.5 WebGL use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.5. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component WebGL. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-46882. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.5 (Mail Client Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component WebGL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2022 by Irvan Kurniawan as Bug 1789371 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

A use-after-free in WebGL extensions could have led to a potentially exploitable crash.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-46882. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/12/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208639 (CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:9079)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 102.6 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 (208639). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 208639
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:9079)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 102.6

Timelineinfo

12/09/2022 🔍
12/13/2022 +4 days 🔍
12/13/2022 +0 days 🔍
12/19/2022 +6 days 🔍
04/28/2025 +861 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1789371
Researcher: Irvan Kurniawan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-46882 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-46882
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216242

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2022 09:40
Updated: 04/28/2025 12:11
Changes: 12/19/2022 09:40 (18), 12/19/2022 09:43 (28), 01/15/2023 14:26 (2), 01/15/2023 14:30 (11), 10/12/2024 08:50 (17), 04/28/2025 12:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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