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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-31743: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-31743: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/10/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/11/2022
Modified
01/05/2023

Description

Firefox's HTML parser did not correctly interpret HTML comment tags, resulting in an incongruity with other browsers. This could have been used to escape HTML comments on pages that put user-controlled data in them. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 101.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin

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