#VU66920 Security features bypass in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-3032

 

#VU66920 Security features bypass in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-3032

Published: September 1, 2022 / Updated: October 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66920
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3032
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

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

The vulnerability exists doe to incorrect processing of HTML emails with an iframe</code> element that uses a <code>srcdoc attribute to define the inner HTML document. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted email message and bypass blocking of remote objects specified in the nested document, for example images or videos.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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