CVE-2022-45416

Mozilla: Keystroke Side-Channel Leakage

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Keyboard events reference strings like "KeyA" that were at fixed, known, and widely-spread addresses. Cache-based timing attacks such as Prime+Probe could have possibly figured out which keys were being pressed. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.

Los eventos de teclado hacen referencia a cadenas como "KeyA" que estaban en direcciones fijas, conocidas y ampliamente distribuidas. Los ataques de sincronización basados en caché, como Prime+Probe, posiblemente podrían haber descubierto qué teclas se estaban presionando. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox ESR < 102,5, Thunderbird < 102.5 y Firefox < 107.

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Keyboard events reference strings like "KeyA" that were at fixed, known, and widely-spread addresses. Cache-based timing attacks such as Prime+Probe could have possibly figured out which keys were being pressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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

2022-11-14 CVE Reserved
2022-11-16 CVE Published
2024-07-14 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-203: Observable Discrepancy

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47	2023-01-04
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48	2023-01-04
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49	2023-01-04
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45416	2022-12-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2143240	2022-12-13

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"				< 107.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 107.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 102.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 102.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 102.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.5"		-		Affected