CVE-2022-40958

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None
Description
By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-40958
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-12-22T20:15:39
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-01-04T03:50:20
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-74 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 105.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 102.3
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 102.3
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1779993
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40958
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40958
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-12-22 21:15:31 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-22 22:15:29 2022-12-22T21:43:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-22 22:15:29 Received Awaiting Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-28 12:14:43 Awaiting Analysis Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-04 04:19:59 2023-01-04T03:50:20 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-04 04:19:59 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-04 04:19:59 Weakness Enumeration new
2023-01-04 04:19:59 CPE Information updated