CVE-2022-46878: High severity thunderbird vulnerability

Published Dec 13, 2022
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Updated

Mozilla developers Randell Jesup, Valentin Gosu, Olli Pettay, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 107 and Firefox ESR 102.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.

Other sources

Mozilla developers Randell Jesup, Valentin Gosu, Olli Pettay, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
Mozilla Thunderbird<102.6
102.6
Mozilla Firefox<108.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR<102.6
Mozilla Thunderbird<102.6
Mozilla Firefox<108
108
Mozilla Firefox ESR<102.6
102.6

Event History

Dec 13, 2022
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Dec 22, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·08:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-46878?

CVE-2022-46878 refers to memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.5 that could potentially be exploited to run arbitrary code.

2

What software is affected by CVE-2022-46878?

CVE-2022-46878 affects Thunderbird 102.5, Firefox ESR 102.6, Mozilla Firefox up to version 108.0, and Mozilla Thunderbird up to version 102.6.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2022-46878?

The severity of CVE-2022-46878 is rated as high with a severity value of 8.8.

4

How can CVE-2022-46878 be exploited?

CVE-2022-46878 can be exploited by leveraging the memory corruption bugs to execute arbitrary code.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-46878?

You can find more information about CVE-2022-46878 on the Mozilla Bugzilla and Mozilla security advisories pages.

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