Information disclosure in Mozilla Thunderbird

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU69754

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45414

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the way quoted certain HTML tags are handled within the email client. If a Thunderbird user quoted from an HTML email, for example by replying to the email, and the email contained either a VIDEO tag with the POSTER attribute or an OBJECT tag with a DATA attribute, a network request to the referenced remote URL was performed, regardless of a configuration to block remote content. An image loaded from the POSTER attribute was shown in the composer window. A remote attacker trick the victim into replying to a specially crafted email and force Thunderbird to initiate requests, potentially revealing sensitive information, such as IP address of the victim.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Thunderbird: 102.0 - 102.5.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_thunderbird:102.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_thunderbird:102.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_thunderbird:102.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-50/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.