High severity · published Dec 22, 2022
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…
8.6
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 108.0 · source: NVD
FE
Firefox Esr · Mozilla
before 102.6 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 102.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46872
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46872
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13
Vendor Advisory
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/
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