Vulnerability CVE-2022-31742


Published: 2022-12-22

Description:
An attacker could have exploited a timing attack by sending a large number of allowCredential entries and detecting the difference between invalid key handles and cross-origin key handles. This could have led to cross-origin account linking in violation of WebAuthn goals. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR < 91.10.

 References:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-20/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1730434
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-22/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-21/

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