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medium 6.5

CVE-2022-29913 json

The parent process would not properly check whether the Speech Synthesis feature is enabled, when receiving instructions from a child proce…

published 2022-12-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34223

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The parent process would not properly check whether the Speech Synthesis feature is enabled, when receiving instructions from a child process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Thunderbird 91.9
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:91.9.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29913

  • thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:91.9.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29913

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  • thunderbird RHEL 9 91.9.0-3.el9_0
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 91.9.0-3.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 8 91.9.0-3.el8_5
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.4 EUS 91.9.0-3.el8_4
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.2 EUS 91.9.0-3.el8_2
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.1 E4S 91.9.0-3.el8_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:4589RHSA-2022:1726RHSA-2022:1725RHSA-2022:1724RHSA-2022:1727RHSA-2022:1730

  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 +3 more 91.9.0-150200.8.68.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1719-1

  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.9.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12045-1

  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 91.9.0-3.el8_5.alma

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:1730

  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 91.9.0-3.el8_5

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:1730

  • thunderbird Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 91.9.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-29913

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  • thunderbird Arch Linux 91.9-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2710

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-29913 updated cvss 6.1

Mozilla: Speech Synthesis feature not properly disabled

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) thunderbird 91.9.0-3.el8_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1730
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird 91.9.0-3.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:4589
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) thunderbird 91.9.0-3.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1727
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) thunderbird 91.9.0-3.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1724
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) thunderbird 91.9.0-3.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1726
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) thunderbird 91.9.0-3.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) thunderbird 91.9.0-3.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) thunderbird 91.9.0-3.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1725

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.