CVE-2022-38473

2022-08-2400:00:00

ubuntu.com

cve-2022-38473

cross-origin iframe

xslt document

thunderbird

firefox

permission inheritance

security vulnerability

ubuntu 22.04

firefox snap

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

65.6%

JSON

A cross-origin iframe referencing an XSLT document would inherit the parent
domain’s permissions (such as microphone or camera access). This
vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR
< 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2, and Firefox < 104.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchfirefox< 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchfirefox< 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchthunderbird< 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchthunderbird< 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchthunderbird< 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	firefox	< 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	firefox	< 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	thunderbird	< 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	thunderbird	< 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	thunderbird	< 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1	UNKNOWN