UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42931

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42931

    Published: 27 Oct 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-42931
    Aliases:
    USN-5709-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42931, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44/#CVE-2022-42931, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5709-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42931

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

    Affected versions

    56.0+build6-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High