What is CVE-2022-38474?

CVE-2022-38474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-38474?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2022-38474

A website that had permission to access the microphone could record audio without the audio notification being shown. This bug does not allow the attacker to bypass the permission prompt - it only affects the notification shown once permission has been granted.<br />*This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 104.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38474?: CVE-2022-38474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-38474?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.