CVE-2022-34479User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

A malicious website that could create a popup could have resized the popup to overlay the address bar with its own content, resulting in potential user confusion or spoofing attacks. *This bug only affects Thunderbird for Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird < 91.11.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified102+1
NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 91.11
Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:91.11.0-1~deb11u1+3
Ubuntumozilla/thunderbird< 1:91.11.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+2
CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified102

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-w63f-86wf-7jwc: A malicious website that could create a popup could have resized the popup to overlay the address bar with its own content, resulting in potential use2022-12-22
CVEList
CVE-2022-34479: A malicious website that could create a popup could have resized the popup to overlay the address bar with its own content, resulting in potential use2022-12-22
OSV
CVE-2022-34479: A malicious website that could create a popup could have resized the popup to overlay the address bar with its own content, resulting in potential use2022-12-22
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2022-07-14
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2022-07-05

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2022-07-14
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2022-07-05
Red Hat
Mozilla: A popup window could be resized in a way to overlay the address bar with web content2022-06-28
Debian
CVE-2022-34479: firefox - A malicious website that could create a popup could have resized the popup to ov...2022
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-25: CVE-2022-34479
CVE-2022-34479 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase