Mozilla Thunderbird < 102.3.1

high Nessus Plugin ID 165570

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 102.3.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2022-43 advisory.

- Thunderbird users who use the Matrix chat protocol were vulnerable to an impersonation attack. An adversary could spoof historical messages from other users. Additionally, a malicious key backup to the user's account under certain unusual conditions in order to exfiltrate message keys. (CVE-2022-39251)

- Thunderbird users who use the Matrix chat protocol were vulnerable to an impersonation attack. A malicious server administrator could fake encrypted messages to look as if they were sent from another user on that server. (CVE-2022-39249)

- Thunderbird users who use the Matrix chat protocol were vulnerable to an impersonation attack. A malicious server administrator could interfere with cross-device verification to authenticate their own device.
(CVE-2022-39250)

- Thunderbird users who use the Matrix chat protocol were vulnerable to a data corruption issue. An adversary could potentially cause data integrity issues by sending specially crafted messages.
(CVE-2022-39236)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 102.3.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165570

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_102_3_1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/29/2022

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Thunderbird

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39236, CVE-2022-39249, CVE-2022-39250, CVE-2022-39251

IAVA: 2022-A-0393-S

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