If a website called `window.print()` in a particular way, it could cause a denial of service of the browser, which may persist beyond…

Description

If a website called `window.print()` in a particular way, it could cause a denial of service of the browser, which may persist beyond browser restart depending on the user's session restore settings. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.4, and Thunderbird < 102.4.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.

Weakness

• Denial of Service via window.print
• CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-400 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Mozilla · Firefox

  • affected unspecified – < 106

• Mozilla · Firefox ESR

  • affected unspecified – < 102.4

• Mozilla · Thunderbird

  • affected unspecified – < 102.4

References (4)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1789439 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-45/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-46/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 15 Apr 2025, 15:32 UTC.