CVE-2022-42931

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-42931
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-08 14:22:00 UTC
DescriptionLogins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 106 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
1780571 - (CVE-2022-42931) Username leaked to form history MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199013 Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-5709-1)
  • 377641 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-44)
  • 710673 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-34)
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