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High USN-5724-1 15 CVEs

thunderbird vulnerabilities

Published Nov 11, 2022 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) or other security restrictions, or
execute arbitrary code. These issues only affect Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3266, CVE-2022-40956,
CVE-2022-40957, CVE-2022-40958, CVE-2022-40959, CVE-2022-40960,
CVE-2022-40962)

Multiple security issues were discovered in the Matrix SDK bundled with
Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially exploit these in order to
impersonate another user. These issues only affect Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39236, CVE-2022-39249,
CVE-2022-39250, CVE-2022-39251)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-42927,
CVE-2022-42928, CVE-2022-42929, CVE-2022-42932)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS thunderbird 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS thunderbird 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS thunderbird 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Vulnerabilities 15

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3266
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-39236
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-39249
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-39250
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-39251
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40956
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40957
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40958
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40959
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40960
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40962
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42927
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42928
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42929
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42932