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GHSA-MPQ8-M953-PWHF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-22 21:30 – Updated: 2025-04-16 15:34

Details

When importing resources using Web Workers, error messages would distinguish the difference between application/javascript responses and non-script responses. This could have been abused to learn information cross-origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2022-22760 (GCVE-0-2022-22760)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 14:35

Summary

When importing resources using Web Workers, error messages would distinguish the difference between <code>application/javascript</code> responses and non-script responses. This could have been abused to learn information cross-origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-16 14:35 UTC

CWE

Cross-Origin responses could be distinguished between script and non-script content-types
CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Assigner

mozilla CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 545 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1740985
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1748503

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 97 (custom)
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 91.6 (custom)
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 91.6 (custom)

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