If a Thunderbird user replied to a crafted HTML email containing a <code>meta</code> tag, with the <code>meta</code> tag having the <code>http-equiv="refresh"</code> attribute, and the content attribute specifying an URL, then Thunderbird started a network request to that URL, regardless of the configuration to block remote content. In combination with certain other HTML elements and attributes in the email, it was possible to execute JavaScript code included in the message in the context of the message compose document. The JavaScript code was able to perform actions including, but probably not limited to, read and modify the contents of the message compose document, including the quoted original message, which could potentially contain the decrypted plaintext of encrypted data in the crafted email. The contents could then be transmitted to the network, either to the URL specified in the META refresh tag, or to a different URL, as the JavaScript code could modify the URL specified in the document. This bug doesn't affect users who have changed the default Message Body display setting to 'simple html' or 'plain text'. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.2.1 and Thunderbird < 91.13.1.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird | Oct 20, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfo | Dec 7, 2022 | Dec 7, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debugsource | Oct 20, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade thunderbird | Jul 30, 2024 | Dec 22, 2022 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 91.13.1 | Sep 1, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird | Sep 29, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoNo solution exists | Oct 20, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird | Mar 12, 2024 | Dec 22, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozillathunderbirdUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-common | Oct 26, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbird | Oct 8, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 |
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