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CVE-2022-45416

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.

Published

2022-12-22T20:15:44.347

Last Modified

2025-04-15T15:16:02.510

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-203
Type: Secondary
CWE-203

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 107.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	< 102.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	< 102.5	Yes

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1793676 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1793676 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)