FKIE_CVE-2022-29909

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-12-22 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:40
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Documents in deeply-nested cross-origin browsing contexts could have obtained permissions granted to the top-level origin, bypassing the existing prompt and wrongfully inheriting the top-level permissions. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox < 100.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1755081Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-16/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-17/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-18/Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1755081Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-16/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-17/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-18/Mailing List
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1755081Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox_esr *
mozilla thunderbird *
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