Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-0566

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Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-0566

Published: February 15, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60628
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0566
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing email messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email to the victim, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Mozilla Thunderbird
Gentoo Linux
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0566

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 91.6.1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.7.0-2.el7_9, 91.7.0-2.el8_1, 91.7.0-2.el8_2, 91.7.0-2.el8_4, 91.7.0-2.el8_5
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:91.6.1-1~deb10u1, 1:91.6.1-1~deb11u1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:91.7.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:91.7.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:91.7.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
thunderbird - update to 91.7.0-2.0.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 91.12.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 91.12.0

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