When importing a revoked key that specified key compromise as the revocation reason, Thunderbird did not update the existing copy of the key
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.38% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: thunderbird (AlmaLinux:8) 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma, 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma.plus; thunderbird (Debian:10) 1:91.8.0-1~deb10u1; thunderbird (Debian:11) 1:91.8.0-1~deb11u1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to thunderbird (AlmaLinux:8) 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma, 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma.plus; thunderbird (Debian:10) 1:91.8.0-1~deb10u1; thunderbird (Debian:11) 1:91.8.0-1~deb11u1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
When importing a revoked key that specified key compromise as the revocation reason, Thunderbird did not update the existing copy of the key that was not yet revoked, and the existing key was kept as non-revoked. Revocation statements that used another revocation reason, or that didn't specify a revocation reason, were unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8.
- Published
- Dec 22, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 30th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-295
Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla | thunderbird | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird |
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Run the SSL checkAffected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mozilla thunderbirdbefore 91.8
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mozilla). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Mozilla Thunderbird
- unspecified and later · before 91.8affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | thunderbird | before 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma | 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma |
| AlmaLinux:8 | thunderbird | before 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma.plus | 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma.plus |
| Debian:10 | thunderbird | before 1:91.8.0-1~deb10u1 | 1:91.8.0-1~deb10u1 |
| Debian:11 | thunderbird | before 1:91.8.0-1~deb11u1 | 1:91.8.0-1~deb11u1 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | before 1:91.8.0-1 | 1:91.8.0-1 |
| Debian:9 | thunderbird | before 1:91.8.0-1~deb9u1 | 1:91.8.0-1~deb9u1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | thunderbird | before 0:91.8.0-1.el7_9 | 0:91.8.0-1.el7_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:91.8.0-1.el7_9 | 0:91.8.0-1.el7_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | thunderbird | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | thunderbird-debugsource | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.1::appstream | thunderbird | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_1 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_1 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.1::appstream | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_1 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_1 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.1::appstream | thunderbird-debugsource | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_1 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_1 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream | thunderbird | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_2 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_2 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_2 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_2 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream | thunderbird-debugsource | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_2 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_2 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.4::appstream | thunderbird | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_4 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.4::appstream | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_4 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.4::appstream | thunderbird-debugsource | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_4 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_4 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | thunderbird | before 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 | MozillaThunderbird | before 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 | 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 | MozillaThunderbird | before 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 | 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 |
Same product
mozilla: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-11705A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a stack buffer overflow in icalrecur_add_bydayrules when processing certain email mess42Plan
- CVE-2019-11704A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote when processing certain email 42Plan
- CVE-2019-11703A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in parser_get_next_char when processing certain email messages,42Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2021-4126Dec 22, 2022 · When receiving an OpenPGP/MIME signed email message that contains an additional outer MIME message layer, for example a message footer added26Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-0566Dec 22, 2022 · It may be possible for an attacker to craft an email message that causes Thunderbird to perform an out-of-bounds write of one byte when proc35Monitor
- Later →CVE-2022-1520Dec 22, 2022 · When viewing an email message A, which contains an attached message B, where B is encrypted or digitally signed or both, Thunderbird may sho17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| almalinux:thunderbird | 91.8.0-1.el8_5.alma · AlmaLinux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:thunderbird | 1:91.8.0-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:MozillaThunderbird | 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird-debugsource | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| rocky linux:thunderbird | 0:91.8.0-1.el8_5 · Rocky Linux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:MozillaThunderbird | 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
A certificate validation error is silently swallowed instead of terminating the connection. Often, code added for a test environment makes its way into production.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-295 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
override fun checkServerTrusted(chain: Array<X509Certificate>, type: String) { // Left empty for the test environment}Fixed
val client = OkHttpClient.Builder() .certificatePinner( CertificatePinner.Builder() .add("api.sirius.example", "sha256/…") .build() ).build()Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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