#VU68409 Race condition in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2022-42930
Published: October 18, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68409
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42930
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in DOM workers when simultaneously initializing their CacheStorage. A remote attacker can exploit the data race in the ThirdPartyUtil component and gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.