Medium severity · published Dec 22, 2022
CVE-2022-38474
A website that had permission to access the microphone could record audio without the audio notification being shown
4.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FM
Firefox Mobile · Mozilla
before 104.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38474
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38474
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1719511
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/
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