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CVE-2022-46872

HIGH8.6

An attacker who compromised a content process could have partially escaped the sandbox to read arbitrary files via clipboard-related IPC messages

Published Dec 22, 2022

Modified 9 months ago

Fix available

Details

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.

Affected Packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

108

Ubuntu:16.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

108

Ubuntu:18.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

108

Ubuntu:20.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

108

Ubuntu:22.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

108

Ubuntu:24.04:LTSFirefox

Fixed in:

108

Ubuntu:25.04Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Ubuntu:25.10Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:10240Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:10240Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:14393Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:14393Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:17763Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:17763Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:18362Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:18362Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:18363Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:18363Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:19041Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:19041Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:19042Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:19042Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:19043Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:19043Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:19044Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:19044Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:19045Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:19045Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:20348Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:20348Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:22000Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:22000Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:22621Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:22621Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:22631Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:22631Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:25398Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:25398Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:26100Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:26100Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

Windows:26200Mozilla Firefox

Fixed in:

108

Windows:26200Mozilla Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

macOS:14Firefox

Fixed in:

108

macOS:14Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

macOS:15Firefox

Fixed in:

108

macOS:15Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

macOS:26Firefox

Fixed in:

108

macOS:26Firefox ESR

Fixed in:

102.6

References

WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156 ADVISORYhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06 ADVISORYhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46872 WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-51/WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52/WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-53/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

8.6

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

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

Timeline

PublishedDec 22, 2022

ModifiedApr 15, 2025

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