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CVE-2022-45416
published 2022-12-22

CVE-2022-45416: 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…

PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.67%
47.6th percentile
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.

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianfirefox< firefox 107.0-1 (sid)firefox 107.0-1 (sid)
debianfirefox-esr< firefox 107.0-1 (sid)firefox 107.0-1 (sid)
debianthunderbird< firefox 107.0-1 (sid)firefox 107.0-1 (sid)
mozillafirefox< 107.0107.0
mozillafirefox
mozillafirefox>= 0 < 107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
mozillafirefox>= 0 < 107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1107.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
mozillafirefox>= unspecified < 107107
mozillafirefox_esr< 102.5102.5
mozillafirefox_esr>= unspecified < 102.5102.5
mozillathunderbird< 102.5102.5
mozillathunderbird>= 0 < 1:102.5.0-1~deb11u11:102.5.0-1~deb11u1
mozillathunderbird>= 0 < 1:102.5.0-11:102.5.0-1
mozillathunderbird>= 0 < 1:102.5.0-11:102.5.0-1
mozillathunderbird>= 0 < 1:102.5.0-11:102.5.0-1
mozillathunderbird>= 0 < 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.11:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
mozillathunderbird>= 0 < 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.11:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
mozillathunderbird>= 0 < 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.11:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
mozillathunderbird>= unspecified < 102.5102.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
osv8.1HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.1HIGH
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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