Mozilla Firefox up to 99 on Android HSTS cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 99 on Android. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HSTS Handler. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-29910. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 99 on Android (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component HSTS Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/03/2022 by Mark B as Bug 1757138 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

When closed or sent to the background, Firefox for Android would not properly record and persist HSTS settings.Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-29910. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

Upgrading to version 100 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-2022-34220). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 100

Timelineinfo

04/29/2022 🔍
05/03/2022 +4 days 🔍
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09/30/2022 +150 days 🔍
05/24/2026 +1332 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1757138
Researcher: Mark B
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-29910 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-29910
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209936
EUVD: 🔍
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704

Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2022 09:50
Updated: 05/24/2026 04:05
Changes: 09/30/2022 09:50 (17), 09/30/2022 09:53 (30), 10/26/2022 13:18 (1), 05/24/2026 04:05 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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