Resource management error in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-29913

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Resource management error in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-29913

Published: May 5, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62809
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29913
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when handling Speech Synthesis feature. The parent process does not properly check whether the Speech Synthesis feature is enabled, when receiving instructions from a child process.


Affected software

Mozilla Thunderbird
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Anolis OS
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Oracle Linux
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin

How to mitigate CVE-2022-29913

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 91.9.0
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:91.9.0-1~deb10u1, 1:91.9.0-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.9.0-3.el7_9, 91.9.0-3.el8_1, 91.9.0-3.el8_2, 91.9.0-3.el8_4, 91.9.0-3.el8_5, 91.9.0-3.el9_0
thunderbird - update to 91.9.0-3.0.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1, 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 91.12.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 91.12.0

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