CVE-2022-42929

Mozilla: Denial of Service via window.print

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

If a website called `window.print()` in a particular way, it could cause a denial of service of the browser, which may persist beyond browser restart depending on the user's session restore settings. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.4, and Thunderbird < 102.4.

Si un sitio web se llama 'window.print()' de una manera particular, podría causar una denegación de servicio del navegador, que puede persistir más allá del reinicio del navegador dependiendo de la configuración de restauración de sesión del usuario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.4 y Thunderbird < 102.4.

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of a website called `window.print()` causing a denial of service of the browser, which may persist beyond browser restart depending on the user's session restore settings.

*Credits: Andrei Enache

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-10-14 CVE Reserved
2022-10-20 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44	2023-09-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-45	2023-09-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-46	2023-09-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42929	2022-10-25
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2136158	2022-10-25

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 106.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 106.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 102.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 102.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 102.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.4"		-		Affected