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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2022-40) - Windows

🗓️ 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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Mozilla Firefox prone to multiple vulnerabilities on Windows version before 105. Update to version 105 or late

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.826475");
  script_version("2025-06-04T05:40:50+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-40959", "CVE-2022-40960", "CVE-2022-40958", "CVE-2022-40962",
                "CVE-2022-40956", "CVE-2022-40957", "CVE-2022-3266", "CVE-2022-46880");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-06-04 05:40:50 +0000 (Wed, 04 Jun 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-01-04 02:59:00 +0000 (Wed, 04 Jan 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-09-21 13:46:32 +0530 (Wed, 21 Sep 2022)");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2022-40) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to multiple
  vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
  on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:

  - Out of bounds read when decoding H264.

  - Bypassing FeaturePolicy restrictions on transient pages.

  - Data-race when parsing non-UTF-8 URLs in threads.

  - Bypassing Secure Context restriction for cookies with __Host and __Secure prefix.

  - Content-Security-Policy base-uri bypass.

  - Incoherent instruction cache when building WASM on ARM64.

  - Memory safety bugs.

  - Use-after-free in WebGL.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
  attackers to run arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, and leak memory
  on affected system.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version before
  105 on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 105 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Firefox/Win/Ver");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"105")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"105", install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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04 Jun 2025 00:00Current
7.7High risk
Vulners AI Score7.7
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.01342
SSVC
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