CVE-2022-46872

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 22, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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