CVE-2022-46874
Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 13, 2022
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
A file with a long filename could have had its filename truncated to remove the valid extension, leaving a malicious extension in its place. This could potentially led to user confusion and the execution of malicious code.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory. Note that this CVE was actually fixed in Thunderbird 102.6.1 despite being initially included in the advisories for Thunderbird 102.6. A future update for Thunderbird 102.7 will address this CVE in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-222 · Truncation of Security-relevant Information