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

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 108
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	>= unspecified, < 102.6
Mozilla	Thunderbird	>= unspecified, < 102.6

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13
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/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13
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/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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