CVE-2022-1197 (GCVE-0-2022-1197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 15:25
VLAI
Summary
When importing a revoked key that specified key compromise as the revocation reason, Thunderbird did not update the existing copy of the key that was not yet revoked, and the existing key was kept as non-revoked. Revocation statements that used another revocation reason, or that didn't specify a revocation reason, were unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • OpenPGP revocation information was ignored
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 91.8 (custom)
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