CVE-2022-22756 — Code Injection in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-94 — Code InjectionCWE-1021 — UI Misrepresentation / Clickjacking13 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder, the resulting object could have been changed into an executable script which would have run arbitrary code after the user clicked on it. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 97
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 97.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 91.6
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2022-22756: If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder, the resulting object could have been changed into an executable sc↗2022-12-22
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GHSA
GHSA-34mj-396j-93pr: If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder, the resulting object could have been changed into an executable sc↗2022-12-22
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CVEList
CVE-2022-22756: If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder, the resulting object could have been changed into an executable sc↗2022-12-22
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2022-03-23
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2022-02-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2022-03-23
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2022-02-14
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Drag and dropping an image could have resulted in the dropped object being an executable↗2022-02-08
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Debian
CVE-2022-22756: firefox - If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other fold...↗2022
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-06: CVE-2022-22756↗
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