CVE-2022-45419 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

If the user added a security exception for an invalid TLS certificate, opened an ongoing TLS connection with a server that used that certificate, and then deleted the exception, Firefox would have kept the connection alive, making it seem like the certificate was still trusted. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 107.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1716082
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +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: 2025-04-15T14:21:36.669Z

Reserved: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45419

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:09:57.034Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:45.000

Modified: 2025-04-15T15:16:03.020

Link: CVE-2022-45419

Redhat

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