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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-45416: Observable Discrepancy

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-45416: Observable Discrepancy

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/22/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

Keyboard events reference strings like "KeyA" that were at fixed, known, and widely-spread addresses. Cache-based timing attacks such as Prime+Probe could have possibly figured out which keys were being pressed. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

References

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