CVE-2022-38474 — A website that had permission to access the microphone could record audio withou

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 b

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

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

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

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

• Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:36.733
• Last modified: 2026-08-19T15:29:21.807

09References

• bugzilla.mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1719511
• www.mozilla.org — https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/
• bugzilla.mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1719511
• www.mozilla.org — https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/