CVE-2022-38474 (GCVE-0-2022-38474)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-22 00:00
Modified
2025-04-15 16:12
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Recording notification not shown when microphone was recording on Android
Summary
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.
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