Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-36316
Published: July 26, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65799
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36316
CWE-ID: CWE-208
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Performance API handles cross-site redirects. A remote attacker can observe differences between PerformanceEntries and learn whether the target URL had been subject to a redirect.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-36316
Install updates from vendor's website.