CVE-2022-42929 (GCVE-0-2022-42929)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 15:32
VLAI
Summary
If a website called `window.print()` in a particular way, it could cause a denial of service of the browser, which may persist beyond browser restart depending on the user's session restore settings. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.4, and Thunderbird < 102.4.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of Service via window.print
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 106 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 102.4 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 102.4 (custom)
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Credits
Andrei Enache
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