CVE-2022-29913 Missing authorization in Thunderbird
Thunderbird fails to verify if Speech Synthesis is enabled before processing child process instructions, allowing unauthorized feature access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-29913?
CVE-2022-29913 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, published on 22 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The parent process would not properly check whether the Speech Synthesis feature is enabled, when receiving instructions from a child process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29913?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2022-29913?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-29913 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29913 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29913, GHSA-26j5-r8rm-66gf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29913.