VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-40958
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-12-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
By injecting a cookie with certain special characters, an attacker on a shared subdomain which is not a secure context could set and thus overwrite cookies from a secure context, leading to session fixation and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-74
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-74
Primary references
- security@mozilla.org — Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory