CVE-2022-29916 (GCVE-0-2022-29916)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-22 00:00
Modified
2025-04-15 15:08
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Leaking browser history with CSS variables
Summary
Firefox behaved slightly differently for already known resources when loading CSS resources involving CSS variables. This could have been used to probe the browser history. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox < 100.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1760674Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-16/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-17/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-18/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1760674Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-16/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-17/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-18/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 91.9
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   Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 91.9
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   Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 100
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