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CVE-2022-46872

UNKNOWN
Published 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.6
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.410
Higher than 41.0% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Thunderbird

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-w696-j5x3-hhvj

Advisory 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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46872
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-51
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-53

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: December 22, 2022, Modified: April 15, 2025

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-53/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-51/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1799156
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13
Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-15T14:08:29.544Z
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