Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.2 initialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.2. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to initialization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-40959. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.2 (Mail Client Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a initialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-665. The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

During iframe navigation, certain pages did not have their FeaturePolicy fully initialized leading to a bypass that leaked device permissions into untrusted subdocuments. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.

The weakness was released 12/23/2022. The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-40959 since 09/19/2022. 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 $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/13/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208611 (CentOS 7 : firefox (RHSA-2022:6711)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 102.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208611). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Initialization
CWE: CWE-665
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 208611
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : firefox (RHSA-2022:6711)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 102.3

Timelineinfo

09/19/2022 🔍
12/23/2022 +95 days 🔍
12/23/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/28/2025 +857 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-40959 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-40959
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216596

Entryinfo

Created: 12/23/2022 08:21
Updated: 04/28/2025 11:31
Changes: 12/23/2022 08:21 (40), 01/22/2023 18:10 (11), 10/13/2024 13:07 (16), 04/28/2025 11:31 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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