SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2022-31742

CVE-2022-31742 — An attacker could have exploited a timing attack by sending a large number of al

An attacker could have exploited a timing attack by sending a large number of allowCredential entries and detecting the difference between invalid key handles and cross-origin key handles. This could have led to cross-origin account linking in violation of WebAuthn goals. This vu

CVSS
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EPSS
0.36% (top 42.40%)
CWE
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Published
2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-15T18:36:35.842Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An attacker could have exploited a timing attack by sending a large number of allowCredential entries and detecting the difference between invalid key handles and cross-origin key handles. This could have led to cross-origin account linking in violation of WebAuthn goals. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR < 91.10.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified
MozillaFirefoxunspecified
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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