CVE-2022-22756

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Dec 22, 2022
Updated
Apr 16, 2025
Reserved
Jan 7, 2022

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FirefoxMozilla
  • before 97Affected
ThunderbirdMozilla
  • before 91.6Affected
Firefox ESRMozilla
  • before 91.6Affected

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