882079 – (CVE-2022-4055) x11-misc/xdg-utils: xdg-email mailto thunderbird mishandling

Bug 882079 (CVE-2022-4055) - x11-misc/xdg-utils: xdg-email mailto thunderbird mishandling

Summary: x11-misc/xdg-utils: xdg-email mailto thunderbird mishandling

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	CVE-2022-4055

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xd...
Whiteboard:	B4 [upstream]
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Reported:	2022-11-20 03:12 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified:	2022-11-20 03:16 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:	CVE-2020-27748
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Description John Helmert III archtester

2022-11-20 03:12:57 UTC

CVE-2022-4055:

When xdg-mail is configured to use thunderbird for mailto URLs, improper parsing of the URL can lead to additional headers being passed to thunderbird that should not be included per RFC 2368. An attacker can use this method to create a mailto URL that looks safe to users, but will actually attach files when clicked.

Note that "This is different from Issue 177 where the handling of
attachments is intended. Here it is not." where issue 177 is our bug 756838.