CVE-2022-29916
Mozilla: Leaking browser history with CSS variables
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
4Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Firefox behaved slightly differently for already known resources when loading CSS resources involving CSS variables. This could have been used to probe the browser history. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox < 100.
Firefox se comportó de manera ligeramente diferente para recursos ya conocidos al cargar recursos CSS que involucraban variables CSS. Esto podrÃa haberse utilizado para sondear el historial del navegador. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9 y Firefox < 100.
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of Firefox behaving slightly differently for already known resources when loading CSS resources involving CSS variables. This flaw could probe the browser history.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass permission prompts, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cause user confusion, or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that Thunderbird would show the wrong security status after viewing an attached message that is signed or encrypted. An attacker could potentially exploit this by tricking the user into trusting the authenticity of a message.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2022-04-29 CVE Reserved
- 2022-05-04 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-03 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-497: Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
CAPEC
References (6)
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1760674 | 2024-08-03 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-16 | 2024-08-03 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-17 | 2024-08-03 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-18 | 2024-08-03 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29916 | 2022-05-18 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2081470 | 2022-05-18 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 100.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 100.0" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 91.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 91.9" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 91.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 91.9" | - |
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