CVE-2022-38474 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

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References

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

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T16:12:19.063Z

Reserved: 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38474

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:54:03.759Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:36.733

Modified: 2025-04-15T17:15:36.573

Link: CVE-2022-38474

Redhat

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