CVE-2022-2226Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay in Mozilla Thunderbird

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 51.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

An OpenPGP digital signature includes information about the date when the signature was created. When displaying an email that contains a digital signature, the email's date will be shown. If the dates were different, then Thunderbird didn't report the email as having an invalid signature. If an attacker performed a replay attack, in which an old email with old contents are resent at a later time, it could lead the victim to believe that the statements in the email are current. Fixed versions of

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

debiandebian/thunderbird< thunderbird 1:91.11.0-1 (bookworm)
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified102+1
NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 91.11+1
Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:91.11.0-1~deb11u1+3
Ubuntumozilla/thunderbird< 1:91.11.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2022-2226: An OpenPGP digital signature includes information about the date when the signature was created2022-12-22
GHSA
GHSA-g426-wcxv-272f: An OpenPGP digital signature includes information about the date when the signature was created2022-12-22
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2022-07-14

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2022-07-14
Red Hat
Mozilla: An email with a mismatching OpenPGP signature date was accepted as valid2022-06-28
Debian
CVE-2022-2226: thunderbird - An OpenPGP digital signature includes information about the date when the signat...2022
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-26: CVE-2022-2226