Mozilla Firefox up to 95 on Windows Fullscreen race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 95 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Fullscreen Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to race condition. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-22746. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 95 on Windows (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Fullscreen Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 01/11/2022 by Irvan Kurniawan as Bug 1735071 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

A race condition could have allowed bypassing the fullscreen notification which could have lead to a fullscreen window spoof being unnoticed.This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-22746. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 96 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-27889). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 96

Timelineinfo

01/07/2022 🔍
01/11/2022 +4 days 🔍
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09/29/2022 +261 days 🔍
04/28/2026 +1307 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1735071
Researcher: Irvan Kurniawan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-22746 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22746
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209818
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/29/2022 15:18
Updated: 04/28/2026 13:15
Changes: 09/29/2022 15:18 (11), 09/29/2022 15:19 (7), 09/29/2022 15:22 (29), 10/25/2022 14:42 (1), 04/28/2026 13:15 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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