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CVE-2022-45416

Keyboard events reference strings like "KeyA" that were at fixed, known, and widely-spread addresses.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 102.5, 107
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

    fixed in 102.5

  • Mozilla Thunderbird

    fixed in 102.5

  • Mozilla Firefox

    fixed in 107

References 4

mozilla.org

bugzilla.mozilla.org