Spoofing attack in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-45418
Published: November 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69333
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45418
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of custom mouse cursor. A remote attacker can draw a custom mouse cursor, specified in CSS, over the browser UI, resulting in potential user confusion or spoofing attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-45418
Install updates from vendor's website.