Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox Mobile (CVE-2022-38474)
Summary
Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox Mobile (CVE-2022-38474). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 104.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-38474 has been found in Mozilla Firefox Mobile.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Mozilla Firefox Mobile CVE-2022-38474" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-38474 (Mozilla Firefox Mobile) — CWE-668 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-668) exists in Mozilla Firefox Mobile.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Mozilla Firefox Mobile.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Mozilla Firefox Mobile を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch bugzilla.mozilla.org
- patch mozilla.org