#VU69332 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2022-45417 

 

#VU69332 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2022-45417

Published: November 15, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69332
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45417
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to Service Workers do not detect Private Browsing Mode correctly in all cases, resulting in data being written to disk for websites visited in Private Browsing Mode. A local user can gain access to potentially sensitive information.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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