Security features bypass in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-45416

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU69331

Security features bypass in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-45416

Published: November 15, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69331
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45416
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to keystroke side-channel leakage. 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.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Debian Linux
Oracle Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Anolis OS
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
mozilla-thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

How to mitigate CVE-2022-45416

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 107.0
Firefox for Android - update to 107.1.0
Firefox ESR - update to 102.5.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 102.5.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.17
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 102.5.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 102.5.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 102.5.0
mozilla-firefox - addressed in versions 102.5.0esr, 107.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 102.5.0esr-1~deb11u1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.5.0-1.el7_9, 102.5.0-1.el8_1, 102.5.0-1.el8_2, 102.5.0-1.el8_4, 102.5.0-1.el8_6, 102.5.0-1.el8_7, 102.5.0-1.el9_0, 102.5.0-1.el9_1
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:102.5.0-1~deb11u1
firefox - update to 102.5.0-1.0.1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.5.0-2.el7_9, 102.5.0-2.el8_1, 102.5.0-2.el8_2, 102.5.0-2.el8_4, 102.5.0-2.el8_6, 102.5.0-2.el8_7, 102.5.0-2.el9_0, 102.5.0-2.el9_1
thunderbird - update to 102.5.0-2.0.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 102.5.0-112.139.1, 102.5.0-150000.150.65.1, 102.5.0-150200.152.67.3
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 102.5.0-112.139.1, 102.5.0-150000.150.65.1, 102.5.0-150200.152.67.3
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 102.5.0-112.139.1, 102.5.0-150000.150.65.1, 102.5.0-150200.152.67.3
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 102.5.0-112.139.1, 102.5.0-150000.150.65.1, 102.5.0-150200.152.67.3
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 102.5.0-112.139.1, 102.5.0-150000.150.65.1, 102.5.0-150200.152.67.3
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 102.5.0-150000.150.65.1, 102.5.0-150200.152.67.3
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 102.5.0-150200.152.67.3
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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