CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-40958

By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.

6.5 /10

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 NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1779993 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-12-22 08:15

Updated : 2023-01-04 03:50

NVD link : CVE-2022-40958

Mitre link : CVE-2022-40958

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-74