CVE-2022-40958
Public on 2022-09-26
Modified on 2024-02-07
Description
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue that by injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain, which is not a secure context,
could set and overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks.
could set and overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra | firefox | 2023-08-21 | ALAS2FIREFOX-2023-010 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | thunderbird | 2022-12-01 | ALAS2-2022-1900 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |