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CVE-2022-34478

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-601

Description

The <code>ms-msdt</code>, <code>search</code>, and <code>search-ms</code> protocols deliver content to Microsoft applications, bypassing the browser, when a user accepts a prompt. These applications have had known vulnerabilities, exploited in the wild (although we know of none exploited through Thunderbird), so in this release Thunderbird has blocked these protocols from prompting the user to open them.<br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird < 91.11.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 102.0 — fixed in 102.0
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 91.11 — fixed in 91.11
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 91.11 — fixed in 91.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 102.0; Mozilla Firefox ESR 91.11; Mozilla Thunderbird 91.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1773717
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-25/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-26/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1773717
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-25/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-26/

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