CVE-2022-40959 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird versions prior to 105 and 102.3 respectively. It involves a FeaturePolicy bypass during iframe navigation, which could leak device permissions to untrusted subdocuments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with a high impact on confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 105.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 102.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 102.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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