CVE-2022-40958
published 2022-12-22CVE-2022-40958: By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies…
PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNIHAN
EPSS
1.10%
61.7th percentile
By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
Affected
17 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | firefox | < firefox 105.0-1 (sid) | firefox 105.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 105.0-1 (sid) | firefox 105.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox 105.0-1 (sid) | firefox 105.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 105.0 | 105.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 105 | 105 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | < 102.3 | 102.3 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | >= unspecified < 102.3 | 102.3 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 102.3 | 102.3 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:102.3.0-1~deb11u1 | 1:102.3.0-1~deb11u1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:102.3.0-1 | 1:102.3.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:102.3.0-1 | 1:102.3.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:102.3.0-1 | 1:102.3.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= unspecified < 102.3 | 102.3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-7mxj-29p2-6g84: By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite co
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-12-22
CVE-2022-40958 [MEDIUM] CWE-74 GHSA-7mxj-29p2-6g84: By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite co
By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
OSV
CVE-2022-40958: By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite co
osv·2022-12-22·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-40958 [MEDIUM] CVE-2022-40958: By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite co
By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2022-11-11·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2022-3266 [MEDIUM] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
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 Content Security Policy (CSP) or other security restrictions, or
execute arbitrary code. These issues only affect Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3266, CVE-2022-40956,
CVE-2022-40957, CVE-2022-40958, CVE-2022-40959, CVE-2022-40960,
CVE-2022-40962)
Multiple security issues were discovered in the Matrix SDK bundled with
Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially exploit these in order to
impersonate another user. These issues only affect Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-392
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2022-11-11·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2022-40956 [MEDIUM] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
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 Content Security Policy (CSP) or other security restrictions, or
execute arbitrary code. These issues only affect Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3266, CVE-2022-40956,
CVE-2022-40957, CVE-2022-40958, CVE-2022-40959, CVE-2022-40960,
CVE-2022-40962)
Multiple security issues were discovered in the Matrix SDK bundled with
Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially exploit these in order to
impersonate another user. These issues only affect Ub
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2022-09-30
CVE-2022-40958 Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass Content
Security Policy (CSP) or other security restrictions, conduct session
fixation attacks, or execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
Mozilla: Bypassing Secure Context restriction for cookies with __Host and __Secure prefix
vendor_redhat·2022-09-20·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-40958 [MEDIUM] CWE-784 Mozilla: Bypassing Secure Context restriction for cookies with __Host and __Secure prefix
Mozilla: Bypassing Secure Context restriction for cookies with __Host and __Secure prefix
By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue that by injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain, which is not a secure context, could set and overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Packa
Debian
CVE-2022-40958: firefox - By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared s...
vendor_debian·2022·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-40958 [MEDIUM] CVE-2022-40958: firefox - By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared s...
By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 105.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-42: CVE-2022-40958
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-40958 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-42: CVE-2022-40958
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-42
CVE: CVE-2022-40958
Product: Thunderbird
Impact: high
Fixed in: Thunderbird 102.3
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-40: CVE-2022-40958
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-40958 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-40: CVE-2022-40958
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-40
CVE: CVE-2022-40958
Product: Firefox
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox 105
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-41: CVE-2022-40958
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-40958 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-41: CVE-2022-40958
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-41
CVE: CVE-2022-40958
Product: Firefox ESR
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox ESR 102.3
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1779993https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1779993https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
2022-12-22
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