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title: "CVE-2022-3155\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3155?format=md
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# CVE-2022-3155

Publication date 22 December 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3155?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

When saving or opening an email attachment on macOS, Thunderbird did not
set attribute com.apple.quarantine on the received file. If the received
file was an application and the user attempted to open it, then the
application was started immediately without asking the user to confirm.
This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.3.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| thunderbird | 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-3155)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3155)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-3155)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-3155)

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/#CVE-2022-3155>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3155>