CVE-2022-29916

Firefox behaved slightly differently for already known resources when loading CSS resources involving CSS variables. This could have been used to probe the browser history. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox < 100.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1760674	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-17/	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-16/	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-18/	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 12:15

Updated : 2022-12-30 14:13

NVD link : CVE-2022-29916

Mitre link : CVE-2022-29916

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr
thunderbird

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