CVE-2022-42931
Mozilla Firefox and 2 others: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CVE-2022-42931 is fixed in 11 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 106.0, released October 19, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
RoutineFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
3.3
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0014
3rd percentile
Logins 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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | |||
| Mozilla Firefox (en-US) | 106.0 | Mozilla Firefox (en-US) 106.0 | Oct 19, 2022 |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) | 115.4.0 | Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 115.4.0 | Oct 17, 2023 |
| Linux | |||
| firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox-geckodriver 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox-geckodriver 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox-mozsymbols 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox-mozsymbols 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | thunderbird 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-lightning 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-lightning 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | xul-ext-lightning 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | Oct 26, 2022 |
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