CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-45416
6.5 MEDIUM
Official page ↗
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-203
Description
Keyboard events reference strings like "KeyA" that were at fixed, known, and widely-spread addresses. Cache-based timing attacks such as Prime+Probe could have possibly figured out which keys were being pressed. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 107.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 102.5)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 102.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1793676 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1793676 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/ Vendor Advisory