CVE-2022-42931

Published: Dec 22, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

3.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: NVD

Description

Logins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Before 106.0

Related CWEs

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

References (5)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1780571

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue Tracking

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1780571

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1780571

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Issue Tracking

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