What is CVE-2022-29913?

CVE-2022-29913 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-29913?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Mozilla Thunderbird

CVE-2022-29913

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th 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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-285 — Improper Authorization

References

security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29913?: CVE-2022-29913 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-29913?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.