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Mozilla Thunderbird < 102.3.1

high Nessus Plugin ID 165571

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X 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.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-43/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165571

File Name: macos_thunderbird_102_3_1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

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