CVE-2022-29913

Mozilla Thunderbird and 1 other: Improper Authorization

CVE-2022-29913 is fixed in 7 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.9.0, released May 2, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
9.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0046
39th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.9.0 Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.9.0 May 2, 2022
Linux
thunderbird · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:91.9.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29913 Dec 22, 2022
thunderbird · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:91.9.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29913 Dec 22, 2022
thunderbird · Debian 14 1:91.9.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29913 Dec 22, 2022
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:91.9.0-3.el8_5 RHSA-2022:1730 May 5, 2022
thunderbird · RHEL 9 0:91.9.0-3.el9_0 RHSA-2022:4589 May 18, 2022
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 May 22, 2022
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 May 22, 2022
thunderbird · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 thunderbird 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 22, 2022
thunderbird · almalinux 8 91.9.0-3.el8_5.alma ALSA-2022:1730 May 5, 2022
thunderbird · ol 8 0:91.9.0-3.0.1.el8_5 ELSA-2022-1730 May 5, 2022
thunderbird · ol 9 0:91.9.0-3.0.1.el9_0 ELSA-2022-4589 Jun 30, 2022
thunderbird · rocky 8 0:91.9.0-3.el8_5 RLSA-2022:1730 May 5, 2022
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 May 22, 2022
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 May 22, 2022
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 22, 2022
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 May 22, 2022
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 May 22, 2022
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 May 22, 2022
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 22, 2022

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