Vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird
CVE-2022-1834
When displaying the sender of an email, and the sender name contained the Braille Pattern Blank space character multiple times, Thunderbird would have displayed all the spaces. This could have been used by an attacker to send an email message with the attacker's digital signature, that was shown with an arbitrary sender email address chosen by the attacker. If the sender name started with a false email address, followed by many Braille space characters, the attacker's email address was not visible. Because Thunderbird compared the invisible sender address with the signature's email address, if the signing key or certificate was accepted by Thunderbird, the email was shown as having a valid digital signature. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.004 (30.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-1834?
- CVE-2022-1834 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-12-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-1834?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.