Mozilla Firefox up to 105 ThirdPartyUtil race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Firefox up to 105. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ThirdPartyUtil. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-42930. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 105 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown functionality of the component ThirdPartyUtil. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 10/18/2022 by Armin Ebert as Bug 1789503 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

If two Workers were simultaneously initializing their CacheStorage, a data race could have occurred in the ThirdPartyUtil component.
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-42930. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 106 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 106

Timelineinfo

10/14/2022 🔍
10/18/2022 +4 days 🔍
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10/21/2022 +3 days 🔍
11/19/2022 +29 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1789503
Researcher: Armin Ebert
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-42930 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42930
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-211941

Entryinfo

Created: 10/21/2022 13:10
Updated: 11/19/2022 08:43
Changes: 10/21/2022 13:10 (17), 10/21/2022 13:13 (29), 11/19/2022 08:43 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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