CVE-2022-3034 Server-side request forgery in Thunderbird

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Thunderbird sends requests to remote locations for hidden iframes in HTML emails, potentially allowing attackers to probe internal networks or access restricted resources.

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-2022-3034?

CVE-2022-3034 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery 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

When receiving an HTML email that specified to load an <code>iframe</code> element from a remote location, a request to the remote document was sent. However, Thunderbird didn't display the document. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.2.1 and Thunderbird < 91.13.1.

Weakness: CWE-1021

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3034?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3034?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2022-3034 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3034 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3034, GHSA-wrfx-qxxc-92rj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3034.

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