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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Mobile
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (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.