Is CVE-2022-46872 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-46872 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-46872?

CVE-2022-46872 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-46872?

CVE-2022-46872 has an EPSS score of 0.77% (51th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-46872?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 108.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-46872

HIGH

8.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An attacker who compromised a content process could have partially escaped the sandbox to read arbitrary files via clipboard-related IPC messages. *This bug only affects Thunderbird for Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108, Firefox ESR < 102.6, and Thunderbird < 102.6.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:108.0-1CVE-2022-46872

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:108.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5782-1

Fixed in:108.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5782-1

thunderbirdUbuntu

Fixed in:1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5824-1

Fixed in:1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5824-1

Fixed in:1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5824-1

Fixed in:1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5824-1

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:108.0Fixed in:108.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:108.0Fixed in:108.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US)Windows application

Affected:102.6Fixed in:102.6Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:102.6Fixed in:102.6Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.77%probability of exploitation in 30 days

51stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 51% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory4

Other references2

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CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-15.