| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.4 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-42932. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird (Mail Client Software) (affected version not known). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Mozilla developers Ashley Hale and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.3. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.4, Firefox ESR < 102.4, and Firefox < 106.
The weakness was published 12/22/2022. The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-42932 since 10/14/2022. 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 $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 10/15/2024).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208577 (CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:7184)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208577). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 208577
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:7184)
Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: mozilla.org
Timeline
10/14/2022 🔍12/22/2022 🔍
12/22/2022 🔍
04/28/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgAdvisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-42932 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42932
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216540
Entry
Created: 12/22/2022 22:26Updated: 04/28/2025 11:55
Changes: 12/22/2022 22:26 (39), 01/22/2023 13:39 (11), 10/15/2024 16:16 (17), 04/28/2025 11:55 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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